On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 06:57:58PM +0200, Jesper Persson wrote:
> this perl code
> ------------------------------------------
> 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.
I expect you're using different versions of LWP with these different
versions of Perl and you're encountering the change documented at
https://metacpan.org/pod/LWP#PERL_LWP_SSL_VERIFY_HOSTNAME
Tom
