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Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2003 18:02:36 -0500
From: "Pierre A. Humblet" <pierre DOT humblet AT ieee DOT org>
To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
Subject: Re: why is bash trying to access my DNS?
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Probably because it tries to get your hostname.
At any rate you should see why if you let strace
run a little bit more.

In previous versions Cygwin was using GetComputerName.
Not it uses gethostname, loading wsock.

Pierre


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