GNU bug report logs - #42535
28.0.50; macOS test failure: echo-server-with-dns

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Reported by: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 18:40:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 42535 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 42535 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#42535: 28.0.50; macOS test failure: echo-server-with-dns
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:12:03 +0200

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

> The test also assumes that (system-name) results in a resolvable name,
> which is not always true (you can stick an entry in /etc/hosts to make
> it true).

It's supposed to test DNS, though -- is there something that'll be more
reliable than (system-name)?  (Not that it's reliable, but...  more.  :-))

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