https://bz.apache.org/SpamAssassin/show_bug.cgi?id=7622
--- Comment #4 from Michael Orlitzky <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Giovanni Bechis from comment #3) > Geoip regression tests need network access because of dns requests. > I added a check in r1841192, do you have something on your machine > (iptables, selinux) that prevents dns requests ? Many (eventually, all) Gentoo systems run the test suite in a sandbox that prevents network access. We've found that it makes the tests a lot less useful because users report bugs that don't exist when the tests fail due to network problems: ISP DNS hijacking, ethernet unplugged, public wifi blocks the request, corporate firewall prevents shady traffic... and so on. They either report a million bugs that aren't bugs, or disable the test suites, which is also bad =) In this case, isn't the test looking up a host and just hoping that it always points to an IP address in the US? If that's the case, would it make sense to replace the DNS hostname with its IP address in the spam sample? That way the test doesn't require network access, and -- while the IP address might still move -- a change in an 'A' record won't break the tests everywhere. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
