gethostbyname_ex(hostname) extremely slow (crossposted from stackoverflow)

[anntzer.lee at gmail.com]

On Monday, September 2, 2013 5:45:26 AM UTC-7, Roy Smith wrote:
> In article <00843d58-db21-4cf0-9430-85362a1dd66f at googlegroups.com>,
>  anntzer.lee at 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).