On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 01:48:29PM +0200, Max Kellermann wrote: > Package: perl > Version: 5.8.8-6.1 > Tags: ftbfs > Severity: serious
> The Perl test suite fails on the test "lib/Net/Ping/t/500_ping_icmp" > when run on a Linux VServer, because it tries to ping 127.0.0.1 which > is not available on a VServer. Perl should not make assumptions on > the network setup, and should not think that 127.0.0.1 is reachable > via ICMP. This is a reasonable assumption on any sanely configured Unix system. VServer's failure to provide a loopback interface is inexcusable design brokenness. -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.debian.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
