[Python-Dev] Mac OSX issues

[Guido van Rossum]

>     Guido> I'm still seeing errors in test_socket; today (on a different
>     Guido> network) I got this:
> 
>     Guido> test test_socket failed -- Traceback (most recent call last):
>     Guido>   File "/Users/guido/python/src/Lib/test/test_socket.py", line 223, in testHostnameRes
>     Guido>     ip = socket.gethostbyname(hostname)
>     Guido> gaierror: (7, 'No address associated with nodename')
> 
> What does the hostname(1) command return?  By default I think it generates
> some oddball thing like "Montanaro.local.".  Apple calls it a Rendevous
> name.  (I've no idea what that is.)  The fix for me was recommended by
> another group: get a dyndns.org account and change the HOSTNAME line in
> /etc/hostconfig from
> 
>     HOSTNAME=-AUTOMATIC-
> 
> to
> 
>     HOSTNAME=montanaro.dyndns.org

Thanks, Skip, but I'm more interested in fixing test_socket so it
doesn 't rely on this.  Maybe testHostnameRes() should be disabled
when gethostbyaddr() gives an error?  It makes unwarranted assumptions
IMO about how DNS is set up.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)