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28.0.50; macOS test failure: echo-server-with-dns

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From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
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 16:32:17 +0200

>>>>> On Tue, 04 Aug 2020 16:12:03 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> said:

    Lars> 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).

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

localhost? But the next test already checks that. Is anyone still
running any public echo servers?

If what you really want to test is "does DNS work", then
src/process-tests.el already does that with 'network-lookup-address-info',
which shares the actual lookup code with 'make-network-process'.

Robert

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