Re: sudo slow on DNS lookup, with invalid resolv.conf entries

From	Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: sudo slow on DNS lookup, with invalid resolv.conf entries
Date	2017-09-18 16:00 +0200
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On Mon, Sep 18, 2017 at 11:38:05AM +0000, Curt wrote:
> On 2017-09-18, x9p <debian-user@x9pneu.com> wrote:
> > My chosen machine name was "localhost", problem partially lies here.
> 
> Yeah, man. 
> 
> My uncle Harry had a similar problem when it occurred to him that--for
> reasons of simplicity and because of a failing memory--he might christen
> two recently-purchased kittens with identical names. Whenever he called
> one of them there would be a considerable delay (each of them assuming
> he was calling the other).
> 
> Of course cats never come when you call them anyway (which is a clue
> the story may be apocryphal). 

The story makes more sense in this context if your uncle names his
kitten "Me".

Uncle Harry: "Have you seen Me?"
Aunt Berta: "You're standing right there."
Harry: "Not me.  Me."
Berta; "Have you been drinking the rubbing alcohol again?"

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Re: sudo slow on DNS lookup, with invalid resolv.conf entries "x9p" <debian-user@x9pneu.com> - 2017-09-18 01:50 +0200
  Re: sudo slow on DNS lookup, with invalid resolv.conf entries deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2017-09-18 09:10 +0200
    Re: sudo slow on DNS lookup, with invalid resolv.conf entries "x9p" <debian-user@x9pneu.com> - 2017-09-18 11:40 +0200
      Re: sudo slow on DNS lookup, with invalid resolv.conf entries Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-09-18 13:40 +0200
        Re: sudo slow on DNS lookup, with invalid resolv.conf entries Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-09-18 16:00 +0200
          Re: sudo slow on DNS lookup, with invalid resolv.conf entries Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2017-09-18 16:40 +0200
        Re: sudo slow on DNS lookup, with invalid resolv.conf entries "x9p" <debian-user@x9pneu.com> - 2017-09-18 17:30 +0200
          Re: sudo slow on DNS lookup, with invalid resolv.conf entries Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-09-18 18:10 +0200
            Re: sudo slow on DNS lookup, with invalid resolv.conf entries "x9p" <debian-user@x9pneu.com> - 2017-09-18 20:50 +0200
              Re: sudo slow on DNS lookup, with invalid resolv.conf entries Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-09-18 21:10 +0200
      Re: sudo slow on DNS lookup, with invalid resolv.conf entries Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2017-09-18 14:40 +0200

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