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bug#23606: 25.1.50; "localhost" vs. "127.0.0.1"
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Achim Gratz |
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bug#23606: 25.1.50; "localhost" vs. "127.0.0.1" |
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Date: |
Tue, 24 May 2016 19:20:23 +0200 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.94 (gnu/linux) |
Ken Brown writes:
> The test echo-server-nowait in test/lisp/net/network-stream-tests.el
> fails on Cygwin, but it passes if I create the client process using
> "127.0.0.1" instead of "localhost":
This could be a case where it makes a difference if the IPv6 (::1) or
IPv4 address is returned (first) for localhost. IIRC, Windows and
up-to-date Linux prefer IPv6 by default. If so, it would likely be
better to fix the parts of the code that assumes return of IPv4
addresses only.
Regards,
Achim.
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