From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [BUG] emacs can't startup when network down. Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:44:17 -0500 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1235511886 15990 80.91.229.12 (24 Feb 2009 21:44:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:44:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: deftsp@gmail.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 24 22:46:00 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Lc56D-0006LV-UO for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 22:45:58 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41265 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lc54t-0006Pn-Ee for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:44:35 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lc54i-0006NA-Ef for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:44:24 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lc54g-0006LM-Gi for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:44:23 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=40659 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lc54g-0006LD-9K for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:44:22 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:15233 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lc54e-0000Qz-Bk; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:44:20 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AsQEAGf5o0lFxKYM/2dsb2JhbACBb9ZxhBEGg1s X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.38,261,1233550800"; d="scan'208";a="34323476" Original-Received: from 69-196-166-12.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO ceviche.home) ([69.196.166.12]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 24 Feb 2009 16:44:18 -0500 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id CA392B419A; Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:44:17 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Sun, 22 Feb 2009 09:35:45 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.90 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:109316 Archived-At: > Emacs tries to determine the hostname of the machine on which it runs. > So if your DNS setup specifies a server that's not reachable, you'll get > such timeouts, > I wonder if there is anything Emacs can do to avoid hanging > in such cases. Perhaps to make it time out. IIUC it does timeout after a minute or two. Stefan