this perl code
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use LWP::Simple qw($ua get);
$ua->timeout(5);
$ENV{PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME} = 0;
$contents = get("https://www.butler.edu/boa/default.aspx";);
------------------------------------------just tried fresh perl installs. strawberry perl 5.16.3.1: doesnt hang. strawberry perl 5.18.0.1: doesnt hang. strawberry perl 5.18.1.1: doesnt hang. strawberry perl 5.18.2.1: hangs. strawberry perl 5.18.2.2: hangs. /Jesper On 21 May 2014 14:12, Daniel de Oliveira Mantovani < daniel.oliveira.mantov...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, Jesper. It's happen because it should happen. You don't have the > error because you are not handle error. > > This happen because LWP has a timeout to wait the server response, > after this timeout it will return a timeout error. In your case, you > don't handle the error the only stuff you get is nothing. > > This URL "https://www.butler.edu/boa/default.aspx"; has two problems: > > 1 - The certificate authority is not trusted > 2 - Never (i.e until timeout) response to the client > > If you are inside an intranet and you can access this site from your > browser and you know ins't cache. Start handle with error, and show it > to us. > > To avoid "certificate authority not trusted" you can use: > > BEGIN { > $ENV{PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME} = 0; > } > > > Lab:~ danielmantovani$ wget "https://www.butler.edu/boa/default.aspx"; > --2014-05-21 09:04:08-- https://www.butler.edu/boa/default.aspx > Resolving www.butler.edu (www.butler.edu)... 159.242.130.240 > Connecting to www.butler.edu (www.butler.edu)|159.242.130.240|:443... > connected. > ERROR: The certificate of ‘www.butler.edu’ is not trusted. > ERROR: The certificate of ‘www.butler.edu’ hasn't got a known issuer. > > Lab:~ danielmantovani$ wget "https://www.butler.edu/boa/default.aspx"; > --no-check-certificate > --2014-05-21 09:04:39-- https://www.butler.edu/boa/default.aspx > Resolving www.butler.edu (www.butler.edu)... 159.242.130.240 > Connecting to www.butler.edu (www.butler.edu)|159.242.130.240|:443... > connected. > WARNING: The certificate of ‘www.butler.edu’ is not trusted. > WARNING: The certificate of ‘www.butler.edu’ hasn't got a known issuer. > HTTP request sent, awaiting response... Read error (Success.) in headers. > Retrying. > > On 21 May 2014 05:37, Jesper Persson <jesper.j.pers...@gmail.com> wrote: > > --------------------- > > use LWP::Simple; > > $contents = get("https://www.butler.edu/boa/default.aspx";); > > --------------------- > > the perl process never returns. > > > > lwp version: "VERSION: 6.06" > > > > Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 18 subversion 2) configuration: > > Platform: > > osname=MSWin32, osvers=6.2, archname=MSWin32-x64-multi-thread > > uname='Win32 strawberry-perl 5.18.2.1 #1 Tue Jan 7 22:32:35 2014 > x64' > > > > Best Regards > > Jesper Persson > > > > -- > > -dom > > -- > > Daniel de Oliveira Mantovani > Business Analytic Specialist > Perl Evangelist /Astrophysics hobbyist. > +55 11 9 8538-9897 > XOXO >
