GNU bug report logs - #40343
28.0.50; dns-set-servers fails on IPv6 available Windows

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Kazuhiro Ito <kzhr <at> d1.dion.ne.jp>

Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 08:48:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Kazuhiro Ito <kzhr <at> d1.dion.ne.jp>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 40343 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40343: 28.0.50; dns-set-servers fails on IPv6 available Windows
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 20:06:50 +0900

>     Kazuhiro> dns-set-servers function fails to set dns-servers on Windows with IPv6
>     Kazuhiro> available network.
> 
>     Kazuhiro> (progn
>     Kazuhiro>   (require 'dns)
>     Kazuhiro>   (dns-set-servers)
>     Kazuhiro>   dns-servers)
> 
>     -> (nil)
> 
> dns.el isnʼt going to work on Windows anyway, since Emacs doesnʼt
> support UDP network processes on Windows.

Cygwin's Emacs, which seems to support UDP network processes, uses
Windows's nslookup.exe, so has this problem too.  

# Actually I don't directly use dns.el.  It is gravatar.el which uses
# dns.el.

-- 
Kazuhiro Ito
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