Bart Van Assche <bvanass...@acm.org>:
> Hello Eric,
>
> These are the only two tests that sometimes fail on my test setup. Whether
> or not these tests pass depends on your DNS server. If I e.g. add
> "nameserver 8.8.8.8" as the first entry in /etc/resolv.conf then these tests
> pass on my setup. I think the reason is that the domain names used by that
> test resolve into 127.0.0.x and because some DNS servers filter these
> results.
>
> Bart.
You guys have been at this too long. You're failing to document your
assumptions.
>From 6cd949342a65ff2260253bca234bfa08f8e3b5c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Eric S. Raymond" <e...@thyrsus.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2018 15:20:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] INSTALL: explain workaround for comsec test failures.
---
INSTALL | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL
index aad9099..9bcd65a 100644
--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ TABLE OF CONTENTS
* Net-SNMP Specific Information
Long (but you should read these) Instructions
Installing the Perl/SNMP Module
+ Tests
* Compilers and Options
Compiling For Multiple Architectures
Installation Names
@@ -155,6 +156,16 @@ Net-SNMP libraries and demon applications.
make test
make install (as root)
+Tests
+=====
+
+The ordinary self-test sequence can be invoked with "make test". There
+are more comprehensive options.
+
+Spurious failures on the "comsec" tests can be due to misconfigured
+DNS upstream of you. A workaround is to point your DNS server at a
+non-broken one. Adding "nameserver 8.8.8.8" as the first entry in
+/etc/resolv.conf will do.
Compilers and Options
=====================
--
2.7.4
--
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