[debbugs-tracker] bug#13958: closed (Failing net-db.test on armv5tel glibc 2.17)

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> Failing net-db.test on armv5tel glibc 2.17
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> Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:03:37 +0100
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> Hello,
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> running the test below, I see on glibc-2.17 armv5tel-linux:
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> Running net-db.test
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> ;;; (err -11)
> unexpected error code: -11 "System error"
> FAIL: net-db.test: getaddrinfo: no name
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> I mention glibc 2.17 because I think it didn't fail with glibc 2.13.
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> Regards,
> Lluís.
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> On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 02:47:21PM +0100, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> > Lluís Batlle i Rossell <address@hidden> skribis:
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> > > Running net-db.test
> > > unexpected error code: -11 "System error"
> > > FAIL: net-db.test: getaddrinfo: no name
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> > La provo estas:
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> >         (catch 'getaddrinfo-error
> >           (lambda ()
> >             (pk "getaddrinfo for \"does-not-exist\" succeeded!"
> >                 (getaddrinfo "does-not-exist"))
> >             (throw 'unresolved))
> >           (lambda (key errcode)
> >             ;; In some cases (e.g., in a chroot without
> >             ;; /etc/{hosts,resolv.conf}), this can result in
> >             ;; `EAI_EAGAIN' (glibc 2.11), or `EAI_NODATA' (glibc 2.12).
> >             (and (or (= errcode EAI_NONAME)
> >                      (and (defined? 'EAI_NODATA)  ; GNU extension
> >                           (= errcode EAI_NODATA))
> >                      (= errcode EAI_AGAIN)
> >                      (begin
> >                        (format #t "unexpected error code: ~a ~s~%"
> >                                errcode (gai-strerror errcode))
> >                        #f))
> >                  (string? (gai-strerror errcode)))))
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> > Ĉu vi povas ŝanĝi (= errcode EAI_NONAME) per (= (pk 'err errcode) EAI_NONAME)
> > kaj sendi la detalojn al address@hidden
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> > Dankon!
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> > Ludo'.
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> Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:47:36 +0100
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> address@hidden (Ludovic Courtès) skribis:
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> > Ideally Guile would propagate the errno value.  But in your case it’s
> > ENOENT, so the error message would be like:
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> >   failed to resolve host name: No such file or directory
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> > This is not really more helpful than:
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> >   failed to resolve host name: System error
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> > (That’s part of the reason why exceptions were invented.  :-))
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> > To me, that example is an argument in favor of the status quo in
> > Guile—i.e., keeping EAI_SYSTEM handling as it is.
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> I went ahead and documented the missing errno value for EAI_SYSTEM.
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> Thanks,
> Ludo’.
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