[AC21.5] Document DNS lookup delays at startup in FAQ

APPROVE COMMIT 21.5 RECOMMEND 21.4. I haven't checked whether it applies, though. Note that this patch applies the ChangeLog out of order. Sorry about that, I didn't realize until after I'd committed, and Mercurial does not make it easy to rewrite this kind of history. diff -r f8d7d8202635 man/ChangeLog --- a/man/ChangeLog Mon Jul 27 01:18:47 2009 +0900 +++ b/man/ChangeLog Mon Jul 27 01:32:34 2009 +0900 ＠＠ -7,6 +7,15 ＠＠ * internals/internals.texi: s/＠urlref/＠uref/g. (Lstreams): Add urefs to David Beasley tutorials. +2009-04-20 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; + + * xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.5.3): + Add information about resolver configuration to Q2.5.3. + Thanks to Guillaume MULLER <gm.work.lists(a)gmail.com&gt;. + + * xemacs-faq.texi (Top): Update menu. + * xemacs-faq.texi (Installation): Update menu. + 2009-02-26 Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen(a)xemacs.org&gt; * xemacs-faq.texi (Q3.0.12): New node for Meta key on Mac. diff -r f8d7d8202635 man/xemacs-faq.texi --- a/man/xemacs-faq.texi Mon Jul 27 01:18:47 2009 +0900 +++ b/man/xemacs-faq.texi Mon Jul 27 01:32:34 2009 +0900 ＠＠ -322,7 +322,7 ＠＠ 2.5: Startup-Related Problems * Q2.5.1:: XEmacs cannot connect to my X Terminal! * Q2.5.2:: Startup problems related to paths or package locations. -* Q2.5.3:: XEmacs won't start without network. +* Q2.5.3:: XEmacs won't start without network, or starts slowly. * Q2.5.4:: Startup warnings about deducing proper fonts? * Q2.5.5:: Warnings from incorrect key modifiers. * Q2.5.6:: XEmacs 21.1 on Windows used to spawn an ugly console window on every startup. Has that been fixed? ＠＠ -3124,7 +3124,7 ＠＠ 2.5: Startup-Related Problems * Q2.5.1:: XEmacs cannot connect to my X Terminal! * Q2.5.2:: Startup problems related to paths or package locations. -* Q2.5.3:: XEmacs won't start without network. +* Q2.5.3:: XEmacs won't start without network, or starts slowly. * Q2.5.4:: Startup warnings about deducing proper fonts? * Q2.5.5:: Warnings from incorrect key modifiers. * Q2.5.6:: XEmacs 21.1 on Windows used to spawn an ugly console window on every startup. Has that been fixed? ＠＠ -4471,7 +4471,7 ＠＠ this means that no value was compiled into XEmacs using these parameters. ＠node Q2.5.3, Q2.5.4, Q2.5.2, Installation -＠unnumberedsubsec Q2.5.3: XEmacs won't start without network. +＠unnumberedsubsec Q2.5.3: XEmacs won't start without network, or starts slowly. If XEmacs starts when you're on the network, but fails when you're not on the network, you may be missing a "localhost" entry in your ＠＠ -4481,7 +4481,16 ＠＠ 127.0.0.1 localhost ＠end example -Add that line, and XEmacs will be happy. +Add that line, and XEmacs will be happy. If your network is unreliable, +such as a Wifi network, you may experience delays but eventually XEmacs +starts up. This may be due to having the lookup order give precedence +to DNS over the hosts file (often lookup order is defined in one of the +files ＠file{/etc/host.conf}, ＠file{/etc/nsswitch.conf}, or +(a)file{/etc/resolv.conf}, depending on OS). See your system +documentation for this configuration. Note that changing the lookup +order is a workaround; there are good reasons to have DNS come earlier +by default. Make sure those reasons are less important to you than a +quick XEmacs startup. ＠node Q2.5.4, Q2.5.5, Q2.5.3, Installation ＠unnumberedsubsec Q2.5.4: Startup warnings about deducing proper fonts? _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Patches mailing list XEmacs-Patches(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-patches