On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 10:31:29PM +0200, Tels wrote: > > As insane as it sounds, it might not be there. There might be no IP > > system at all. Consider DOS. > > But isn't there a test for localhost (getbyhostname or something), that > would also run into the problem, e.g. is this solved by Configre somehow? I > remember that there were problems with the loopback tests, so if loopback > is there, you can also test ping.
There *are* no tests for gethostbyname. We can't (easily) tell the difference between gethostbyname not working in Perl and not working for the OS. Basically, we need lots of extra Configure information. Jarkko's asked us to shelve the attempts to test the really non-portable stuff until after 5.8.0, and I agree. We need to work on a way to determine what works and what doesn't work on the current system *without* scattering ad-hoc $^O tests all over the place. However, that's a big job to get right and we'll do it later. Right now, stick to the cleanups and adding coverage. It also wouldn't hurt to start going through old open perlbug entries. -- Michael G. Schwern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.pobox.com/~schwern/ Perl6 Quality Assurance <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Kwalitee Is Job One Pancakes is the better part of valor. http://www.goats.com/archive/971202.html
