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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in1.uu.net!199.224.117.11!news1.epix.net!news4.epix.net!news-out.communique.net!communique!hunter.premier.net!tnt.premier.net!zephyr.texoma.net!www.nntp.primenet.com!nntp.primenet.com!europa.clark.net!disgorge.news.demon.net!demon!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!stress.noc.demon.net!hdm From: hdm@demon.net (Dominic Mitchell) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: What is emacs waiting for? Date: Wed, 04 Jun 1997 14:32:00 GMT Organization: Demon Internet Ltd. Message-ID: <slrn5pav30.8bo.hdm@stress.noc.demon.net> References: <3393186D.7DC8@nospam.com> <33951173.59E2B600@FreeBSD.org> <slrn5pa6hd.6sb.jinnsels@pc193.janco.sn.no> Reply-To: hdm@demon.net NNTP-Posting-Host: stress.noc.demon.net X-NNTP-Posting-Host: stress.noc.demon.net [195.11.55.5] Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Newsreader: slrn (0.9.3.2 UNIX) Lines: 21 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:42334 Earlier, Jørn-Morten Innselset <jinnsels@pc193.janco.sn.no> wrote: > On Tue, 03 Jun 1997 23:55:47 -0700, Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > >Look in /etc/host.conf - what is first, hosts or bind? If bind, it's > >probably trying to talk to your name server to get your IP address. :) > > Pretty annoying behaviour. Midnight Commander does the same - when the DNS > at my ISP is unreachable, it just refuses to start. Would you recommend > swapping the order of bind and host - and if "yes" - why isn't this the > default order? But generally, you should use IP addresses for things like nameservers and default routers, so you shouldn't be bothered by this situation too much. -Dom -- This posting is not an official communication of Demon Internet Ltd., unless otherwise stated. ---- Work: hdm@demon.net ---- Play: dom@myrddin.demon.co.uk ---- Feet on the ground, mind in the stratosphere - P.L.