[Bug 94048] Re: [feisty] Slow gnome application startup due to /etc/hosts misconfiguration

[houstonbofh]

I am willing to debug, but I am not sure what you need.  No actual error
occurs.  I believe it is more an application timeout issue.  With a
stock feisty hosts file, some applications take a little longer to start
than if you changed the hosts file as described.  I timed it with
Firefox, and it was a significant change.  (About %60 reduction in
startup time)  It had not occurred to me that there was a problem before
this "fix."  I also noted similar behavior on Edgy.  I have not tested
this on Dapper, which has a different default hosts file. (It has the
short name in both places)

Dapper hosts

127.0.0.1 localhost server
127.0.1.1 server.dnsalias.net server

# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
::1 ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0 ip6-localnet
ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
ff02::3 ip6-allhosts

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[feisty] Slow gnome application startup due to /etc/hosts misconfiguration
https://launchpad.net/bugs/94048