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[This is an automated message performed by a Launchpad user owned by ~brian-murray, for any issues please contact him.] ** Tags added: patch -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to emacs24 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1594166 Title: tramp loading stalls several seconds on DNS resolution Status in emacs24 package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Status in ess package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Xenial's emacs24-common contains a version of tramp.el which attempts to ssh to host.does.not.exist on load which causes loading tramp to stall until this hostname resolution fails (10 seconds for me). This makes my emacs startup (I load tramp via other libraries which use it) take about 12 seconds, instead of a fraction of a second like it should be. Upstream maintainers seem to have fixed this to attempt ssh to 0.0.0.1 instead, see the git log output attached. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04 Package: emacs24-common 24.5+1-6ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-21.37-generic 4.4.6 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zcommon znvpair zavl ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Jun 19 13:20:21 2016 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-06-12 (7 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1) PackageArchitecture: all SourcePackage: emacs24 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/emacs24/+bug/1594166/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp