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

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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: bug#42535: 28.0.50; macOS test failure: echo-server-with-dns
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2020 17:02:14 +0200

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

> Then either we need to accept that this test can fail on some systems,
> or we risk calling the wrath of <insert large internet company> down
> upon us by putting one of their public servers in the test. Or we just
> use www.gnu.org

We can't use anything external -- that'd fail a lot more than using
(system-name).

But we should just disable this test if (system-name) doesn't resolve.
That should be easy enough to check for.  

(network-lookup-address-info (system-name))
=> ([127 0 1 1 0])

So reasonable values here would be 127 as the first octet on ipv4...

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