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Re: [BUG] emacs can't startup when network down.
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: [BUG] emacs can't startup when network down. |
Date: |
Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:44:17 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.90 (gnu/linux) |
> 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