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

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Date 2013-09-02 20:42 +1000
Subject Re: gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow)
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 3:28 PM,  <anntzer.lee@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, September 1, 2013 2:03:56 PM UTC-7, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
>> > I tried using netifaces (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/netifaces) which seems to rely on getifaddrs (according to the doc, I didn't check the source).  Again, it returns nearly instantaneously the correct IP address.
>>
>> Perfect!
>>
>> ChrisA
>
> Not really for my use case -- it isn't that *I* want to know my public IP address, but rather that IPython wants to know it.  Of course I could patch IPython's source to use netifaces but that sounds like an overkill.
>
> As it happens I found a better way: just add the proper entry to /etc/hosts.

Ah, I see what you mean.

If it were possible with core Python, I would recommend raising a bug
with IPython, as the current method is susceptible to external issues.
But to just get your problem solved, yes, a host file entry sounds
like it's the best way to go.

ChrisA

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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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