[New-bugs-announce] [issue4777] nntplib - python 2.5
Chris Morrow
report at bugs.python.org
Tue Dec 30 07:12:16 CET 2008
New submission from Chris Morrow <chris at as701.net>:
nntplib.py on python2.5 is not IPv6 ready. The below patch at least
makes connections on both ipv4 and ipv6 to servers.
This was taken out of bug: http://bugs.python.org/issue1664
if that helps...
platform:
Linux hostnamehere 2.6.26.6-79.fc9.i686 #1 SMP Fri Oct 17 14:52:14 EDT
2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
morrowc at tweezer:/tmp$ diff -U3 nntplib.py.orig nntplib.py
--- nntplib.py.orig 2008-12-30 01:06:14.000000000 -0500
+++ nntplib.py 2008-12-30 01:07:33.000000000 -0500
@@ -109,8 +109,19 @@
"""
self.host = host
self.port = port
- self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
- self.sock.connect((self.host, self.port))
+ msg = "getaddrinfo returns an empty list"
+ for res in socket.getaddrinfo(self.host, self.port, 0,
socket.SOCK_STREAM):
+ af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = res
+ sock = None
+ try:
+ self.sock = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto)
+ self.sock.connect(sa)
+
+ except error, msg:
+ if self.sock is not None:
+ self.sock.close()
+ raise NNTPError, msg
+
self.file = self.sock.makefile('rb')
self.debugging = 0
self.welcome = self.getresp()
----------
components: Library (Lib)
files: nntplib.py-ipv6.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 78509
nosy: morrowc
severity: normal
status: open
title: nntplib - python 2.5
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.5
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file12489/nntplib.py-ipv6.patch
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