[aclug-L] Re: emacs problem

[Jeff <schaller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Steven Saner wrote:

< Again, I have no idea what I'm talking about >
( not an emacs user )

> 1. Why is emacs trying to do host name lookups on startup. There
> isn't anything in my .emacs files that would require this.

Is there a global ".emacs" config file?  Did the strace show
what IP/host it was looking for? "emacs" isn't a wrapper for some
other programs (including the real emacs)? If nothing else grep the
strace output for the IP and/or config filenames that it's opening.
You could even 'strings' the binary and grep that (assuming you've
tracked down what program is doing the lookup).


> 2. Why when it can't successfully look up the host, doesn't it
> just give up and go on?

There would be a DNS timeout, but perhaps it's retrying until it finds
something (a braindead situation that could be improved).


-jeff
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