Re: Delay during FTP installation before ftp hostname is resolving

From: Tobias Roth <roth_at_iam.unibe.ch> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 21:34:11 +0100 · This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Wed May 19 2021 - 11:37:43 UTC

On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 02:10:01PM +0200, Rostislav Krasny wrote:
> Hello there.
> 
> I installed 5.2.1-RC2 through FTP and I noticed that there was a long
> delay between sysinstall reported that it is trying to resolv FTP
> hostname and this hostname is actually resolving. During the
> installation I answered "No" to following two questions:

just a short 'me too' comment. i have a very similar setup, and if
i remember correctly, the behaviour you reported (just the long waiting
time when resolving, i didn't look at the packetflow) has been the same
for quite some time now (since 5.0 release or even longer).

cheers, t.