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: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Kazuhiro Ito <kzhr <at> d1.dion.ne.jp>
Cc: 40343 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#40343: 28.0.50; dns-set-servers fails on IPv6 available
 Windows
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 11:50:54 +0200

>>>>> On Tue, 31 Mar 2020 17:46:47 +0900, Kazuhiro Ito <kzhr <at> d1.dion.ne.jp> said:

    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. You can use
'network-lookup-address-info' (builtin) or 'nslookup-host' (from
net-utils.el) instead.

    Kazuhiro> From dns-set-servers definition in lisp/net/dns.el

    >> (re-search-forward
    >> "^Address:[ \t]*\\([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\)" nil t)

That could be fixed, I suppose.

Robert
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