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

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>,
 Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Subject: Re: bug#42535: 28.0.50; macOS test failure: echo-server-with-dns
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2020 17:34:29 +0200

>>>>> On Tue, 04 Aug 2020 17:26:54 +0200, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> said:

    Lars> Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org> writes:
    >>> Sure.  So if the first octet is 0 or 127, then we have a resolving
    >>> (system-name)?
    >> 
    >> (system-name) can also resolve to a real IP.

    Lars> Yeah, but we don't really need to run this test on all machines in the
    Lars> world...  that it's disabled for a number is better than it fails for a
    Lars> different subset.

'network-lookup-address-info' returns nil if it canʼt resolve the
hostname, and if it happens to return a non-loopback IP, what's wrong
with trying to connect to it? It will be local anyway.

Robert
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