[Pythonmac-SIG] SimpleHTTPServer doesn't work?

[mikel evins]

Why does SimpleHTTPServer.test() fail on my Mac?

In Python version 1.5.2 on a PowerBook G3 running MacOS9 I execute the
following:

import SimpleHTTPServer

SimpleHTTPServer.test()


The result is the following error:

Traceback (innermost last):
   File "<input>", line 1, in ?
   File "Cairagor:Programming:Python 1.5.2c1:Lib:SimpleHTTPServer.py",
line 152, in test
     BaseHTTPServer.test(HandlerClass, ServerClass)
   File "Cairagor:Programming:Python 1.5.2c1:Lib:BaseHTTPServer.py", line
475, in test
     httpd = ServerClass(server_address, HandlerClass)
   File "Cairagor:Programming:Python 1.5.2c1:Lib:SocketServer.py", line
165, in __init__
     self.server_bind()
   File "Cairagor:Programming:Python 1.5.2c1:Lib:BaseHTTPServer.py", line
97, in server_bind
     hostname, hostnames, hostaddrs = socket.gethostbyaddr(host)
error: host not found


Why?
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mikel evins
mikel@reactivity.com