Hi I just wanted to report that misc/mc (midnight commander) won't start if your network is set, a gateway is set but doesn't have network access because it wants to resolve the system hostname. If no network is available, it doesn't try and starts correctly.
tcpdump output when starting mc with network, I modified the dns server to 1.1.1.1 to make it more readable. My system hostname is solene.perso.local 19:13:34.222774 192.168.43.56.4541 > 1.1.1.1.53: 26065+ A? solene.perso.local.(36) 19:13:34.797038 1.1.1.1.53 > 192.168.43.56.4541: 26065 NXDomain 0/1/0(111) [tos 0x50] 19:13:34.797261 192.168.43.56.30463 > 1.1.1.1.53: 11960+ A? solene.perso.local.perso.local.(48) 19:13:34.872702 1.1.1.1.53 > 192.168.43.56.30463: 11960 NXDomain 0/1/0(123) [tos 0x50] 19:13:34.872931 192.168.43.56.27907 > 1.1.1.1.53: 30605+ A? solene.perso.local.(36) 19:13:34.941878 1.1.1.1.53 > 192.168.43.56.27907: 30605 NXDomain 0/1/0(111) [tos 0x50] 19:13:34.943321 192.168.43.56.8533 > 1.1.1.1.53: 15521+ A? solene.perso.local.(36) 19:13:35.019228 1.1.1.1.53 > 192.168.43.56.8533: 15521 NXDomain 0/1/0(111) [tos 0x50] 19:13:35.019476 192.168.43.56.42298 > 1.1.1.1.53: 46078+ A? solene.perso.local.perso.local.(48) 19:13:35.164569 1.1.1.1.53 > 192.168.43.56.42298: 46078 NXDomain 0/1/0(123) [tos 0x50] 19:13:35.164788 192.168.43.56.41654 > 1.1.1.1.53: 42999+ A? solene.perso.local.(36) 19:13:35.289600 1.1.1.1.53 > 192.168.43.56.41654: 42999 NXDomain 0/1/0(111) [tos 0x50] I have no idea why mc requires this. It looks like more a bug than a feature to me. It leaks your hostname to your resolver which is a bit weird.
