On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 18:08, Myra Nelson <myra.nelson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I've been working on this for several days and can't seem to figure out > what's wrong. When I try to compile perl-5.14.2 or install any perl module > that runs a test requiring getaddrinfo, the test fails. I've searched high > and low between the bug list, the wiki, google, man pages etc and have > found zero answers. I've found example c code that fails also. All the > return values are negative and should be 0 or greater than zero. One of the > errors related to perl is > > # Failed test '$err == 0 for host= > cpan.perl.org/service=ftp/socktype=STREAM' > # at t/getaddrinfo.t line 79. > # got: -8 > # expected: 0 > > I have a static ip address set up in rc.conf and my internet connections > work, ftp clients work, ip addrlabel produces > > prefix ::1/128 label 0 > prefix ::ffff:0.0.0.0/96 label 4 > prefix ::/96 label 3 > prefix 2001::/32 label 7 > prefix 2002::/16 label 2 > prefix fec0::/10 label 5 > prefix fc00::/7 label 6 > prefix ::/0 label 1 > > and rpcbind, ypbind, ypserv, and vsftpd are running. > > Building python3 also fails with the same error. > > It's probably something misconfigured on my box with all the changes in > network tools, but quite frankly I'm lost. This problem is recent. I built > the previous versions of perl and python3. Python2 builds and I diffed the > test files that contain the gettaddrinfo tests and they are > different. Pointers to getaddrinfo code that works, suggestions on my > network configuration, rtfm might work if you've got a man page I've > missed, and/or any other suggestions would be appreciated. > > Thanks in advance. > > Myra > -- > Life's fun when your sick and psychotic! > After some more searching, work, and this email from the libc help list [ http://sourceware.org/ml/libc-help/2011-12/msg00000.html ] , I've attempted the code from Ulrich Dreppers page at http://www.akkadia.org/drepper/userapi-ipv6.html . The newer version of the code (on the right ) which is supposed to be protocol independent returns getaddrinfo: Servname not supported for ai_socktype, while the older version ( on the left ) seg faults. I'm sure a lot of people are aware of this, but it there any work around? Thanks for any assistance. Myra -- Life's fun when your sick and psychotic!
