Bug#376136: exim4: Long delay at boot when iface is unplugged

Marc Haber mh+debian-packages at zugschlus.de
Fri Jun 30 13:21:32 UTC 2006


On Fri, Jun 30, 2006 at 03:47:13PM +0300, michaelm wrote:
> There's a noticeable delay (about a minute or a bit less) for starting
> exim at boot when the eth0 here is not connected to a switch. If it's
> plugged, it normally starts immediately.

Sounds like DNS issue. Does your system know how to find out the host
name from its IP address without refering to the external DNS?

Greetings
Marc

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