Breezy Badger milestone release "Colony 3" now available

[Michael Vogt]

On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 12:47:04PM +0200, Andy Rabagliati wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Aug 2005, Matt Zimmerman wrote:
[..]
> > It has always done so, when a network is available.  If by "hangs my machine
> > up", you mean "causes a delay", that's normal.  Even in strange
> > configurations it will eventually time out.
> 
> I have a setup where there is a DHCP server, and a working nameserver,
> but there is no external routability.
> 
> A Hoary install would hang forever looking for updates.
> 
> A kill or two from a text console moved it right along.

Have you tested Colony 3 in this network? It should timeout much
earlier (in the range of 1-2 minutes). There is a open issue with
networks without nameserver and external routability but working dhcp,
but that is hopefully fixed with the next apt upload.

Cheers,
 michael


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