[slime-devel] Re: long delay starting up slime on a computer off-line

[Chisheng Huang]

> Sounds suspiciously like a DNS lookup. We actually make two network
> connections (one for the RPC channel and then one for streaming user
> output) so that would explain your delays.
>
> What platform are you running on?

Red Hat 7.3 Linux on an Intel box and CMUCL 2004-06-29 snapshot.
I cvs updated Slime on 2004-06-29.  I first noticed this long delay
in January this year.

> Off hand the only thing I can think of that could explain this is if
> you're on a GNU box and your /etc/nsswitch.conf says to check 'dns'
> before 'files' (i.e. goes to the network before checking /etc/hosts).

I have the following in /etc/nsswitch.conf:

hosts:      files nisplus dns

Thanks.

-cph