strace suggests that this is a parse error when processing approx.conf. This always happens regardless of what is in that file. Looks like this package is completely unusable by now (to fix, downgrade to the version from intrepid).
-- approx don't listen on any interface but localhost https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/478899 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Debian OCaml Maintainers, which is subscribed to approx in ubuntu. Status in “approx” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Binary package hint: approx Look at this (the local IP is 192.168.0.1, there's no iptables running): [root->~]# telnet localhost 9999 Trying ::1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. Fatal error: exception Invalid_argument("index out of bounds") Connection closed by foreign host. [root->~]# telnet 192.168.0.1 9999 Trying 192.168.0.1... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused I've also added '$interface any' in approx.conf but still doesn't work. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ocaml-maint Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ocaml-maint More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp

