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Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow)

Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Date 2013-09-02 10:52 -0700
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Subject Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow)
From anntzer.lee@gmail.com

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On Monday, September 2, 2013 5:45:26 AM UTC-7, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <00843d58-db21-4cf0-9430-85362a1dd66f@googlegroups.com>,
>  anntzer.lee@gmail.com wrote:
> 
> > As it happens I found a better way: just add the proper entry to /etc/hosts.
> 
> You have not found a better way.  You still have a network (or more 
> specifically, DNS) configuration that's broken.
> 
> What you have found is a pragmatic way to solve your immediate problem 
> and get some work done.  That is certainly useful (and I've done it 
> plenty of times), but you need to understand that what you've done is 
> hidden the problem, not solved it.

To be honest, knowing nothing about DNS configuration, I don't even know if adding the entry to /etc/hosts is the "proper" fix or if the issue should be fixed somewhere else (or perhaps "didn't know", as you seem to imply that that is not the correct way).

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gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow) anntzer.lee@gmail.com - 2013-08-31 17:03 -0700
  Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow) Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-08-31 21:01 -0400
    Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow) anntzer.lee@gmail.com - 2013-08-31 21:51 -0700
      Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow) Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2013-08-31 23:06 -0600
        Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow) anntzer.lee@gmail.com - 2013-09-01 10:13 -0700
      Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow) Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-09-01 06:57 -0400
  Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-01 21:37 +1000
    Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow) anntzer.lee@gmail.com - 2013-09-01 13:37 -0700
      Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-02 07:03 +1000
        Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow) anntzer.lee@gmail.com - 2013-09-01 22:28 -0700
          Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-02 20:42 +1000
          Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow) Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-09-02 08:45 -0400
            Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow) anntzer.lee@gmail.com - 2013-09-02 10:52 -0700
              Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow) Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-09-03 07:12 +1000

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