Arch Linux

maybe:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=379400
and
http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/x/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.14-1/changelog
will provide some clues. But probably not. Here's an output of strace winecfg:

mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7e4c0000
read(12, "#\t$NetBSD: services,v 1.84 2007/"..., 4096) = 4096
read(12, "89/udp\t\t\t# Lightweight Directory"..., 4096) = 4096
read(12, "e\npostgresql\t5432/udp\t\t# Postgre"..., 4096) = 4096
read(12, "2431/udp\t\t# udp sftp side effect"..., 4096) = 1363
read(12, "", 4096) = 0
close(12) = 0
munmap(0x7e4c0000, 4096) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {SIG_IGN}, NULL, 8) = 0
access("/dev/random", R_OK) = 0
access("/dev/urandom", R_OK) = 0
open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY) = 12
fcntl64(12, F_GETFD) = 0
fcntl64(12, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
select(13, [12], NULL, NULL, {3, 0}) = 1 (in [12], left {3, 0})
read(12, "\245\364\344\375\231H\370\35\244i[\25\354\f\346~\221\220"..., 120) = 120
select(13, [12], NULL, NULL, {3, 0}) = 1 (in [12], left {3, 0})
read(12, ":,$\260\246h\346/\342\233\f\353\371\230\255{m\370\6\241"..., 120) = 120
select(13, [12], NULL, NULL, {3, 0}) = 1 (in [12], left {3, 0})
read(12, "\243\17|\272=9\347\6\6\307#\241\1;\316ga\204\rqE\241\32"..., 120) = 120
select(13, [12], NULL, NULL, {3, 0}) = 1 (in [12], left {3, 0})
read(12, "@\322\313v\256\356D\365\233\334q\351\307J\246\33\10\266"..., 120) = 120
select(13, [12], NULL, NULL, {3, 0}) = 1 (in [12], left {3, 0})
read(12, "\17\351\375\334\352\311\v\222\252\304\324~\325\367\27\202"..., 120) = 120
gettimeofday({1184728655, 610810}, NULL) = 0
getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, {ru_utime={0, 132008}, ru_stime={0, 92005}, ...}) = 0
time(NULL) = 1184728655
times({tms_utime=13, tms_stime=9, tms_cutime=0, tms_cstime=0}) = 1718926550
socket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_RAW, 0) = 13
bind(13, {sa_family=AF_NETLINK, pid=0, groups=00000000}, 12) = 0
getsockname(13, {sa_family=AF_NETLINK, pid=9866, groups=00000000}, [12]) = 0
time(NULL) = 1184728655
sendto(13, "\24\0\0\0\26\0\1\3O\206\235F\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 20, 0, {sa_family=AF_NETLINK, pid=0, groups=00000000}, 12) = 20
recvmsg(13, {msg_name(12)={sa_family=AF_NETLINK, pid=0, groups=00000000}, msg_iov(1)=[{"<\0\0\0\24\0\2\0O\206\235F\212&\0\0\2\30\200\0\3\0\0\0"..., 4096}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 60
recvmsg(13, {msg_name(12)={sa_family=AF_NETLINK, pid=0, groups=00000000}, msg_iov(1)=[{"@\0\0\0\24\0\2\0O\206\235F\212&\0\0\n@\200\375\3\0\0\0"..., 4096}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 64
recvmsg(13, {msg_name(12)={sa_family=AF_NETLINK, pid=0, groups=00000000}, msg_iov(1)=[{"\24\0\0\0\3\0\2\0O\206\235F\212&\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\0\0\24"..., 4096}], msg_controllen=0, msg_flags=0}, 0) = 20
close(13) = 0
socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 13
fcntl64(13, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0
connect(13, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/nscd/socket"}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
close(13) = 0
socket(PF_FILE, SOCK_STREAM, 0) = 13
fcntl64(13, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0
connect(13, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/nscd/socket"}, 110) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
close(13) = 0
open("/etc/resolv.conf", O_RDONLY) = 13
fstat64(13, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=79, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7e4c0000
read(13, "# Generated by dhcpcd for interf"..., 4096) = 79
read(13, "", 4096) = 0
close(13) = 0
munmap(0x7e4c0000, 4096) = 0
open("/etc/hosts", O_RDONLY) = 13
fcntl64(13, F_GETFD) = 0
fcntl64(13, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
fstat64(13, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=219, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7e4c0000
read(13, "#\n# /etc/hosts: static lookup ta"..., 4096) = 219
read(13, "", 4096) = 0
close(13) = 0
munmap(0x7e4c0000, 4096) = 0
open("/etc/hosts", O_RDONLY) = 13
fcntl64(13, F_GETFD) = 0
fcntl64(13, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
fstat64(13, {st_mode=S_IFREG|0644, st_size=219, ...}) = 0
mmap2(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x7e4c0000
read(13, "#\n# /etc/hosts: static lookup ta"..., 4096) = 219
close(13) = 0
munmap(0x7e4c0000, 4096) = 0
time(NULL) = 1184728655
socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, IPPROTO_IP) = 13
setsockopt(13, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, [1], 4) = 0
setsockopt(13, SOL_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, [1], 4) = 0
fcntl64(13, F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC) = 0
connect(13, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(631), sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, 16

^ That is where it hangs for some minutes before it continues

I'm guessing that's because dhcpcd is setting your system hostname to something that's not in /etc/hosts. Try running `hostname` after you run dhcpcd and then putting that value in /etc/hosts.

connect(13, {sa_family=AF_INET, sin_port=htons(631), sin_addr=inet_addr("127.0.0.1")}, 16

That's a connection to localhost:631. Looks like something tries to contact cups, but your localhost interface is either down or firewalled.

hostname gave the same name as the one in /etc/hosts

it's firewalled? i'm not running cups either :/

now i have only

127.0.0.1 localhost

in /etc/hosts

but it still takes a long while to start winecfg/wine apps

Is the error elsewhere?

The reason was that i didn't run the network daemon. I didn't know i had to :) It wasn't in the Official installation guide or the beginners guide during my quick search of those atleast.