We were running the Perl 5.8.5 package from Sunfreeware. We replaced it with the 5.8.7 package from Sunfreeware and that fixed the problem.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:info-cyrus- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael O'Rourke > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:42 PM > To: info-cyrus@lists.andrew.cmu.edu > Subject: Re: Unknown host "localhost" in cyradm > > On 1/12/06, Larry Rosenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've done some debugging and come up with some odd information. The problem > > occurs in imclient.c in the imclient_connect function. It is calling > > getaddrinfo() and getting a return value of 3, which is > > > > #define EAI_BADFLAGS 3 /* invalid ai_flags */ > > > > The odd part is that if I write a test program that calls getaddrinfo() with > the > > same parameters, I get a return value of 0 (success). I can work around the > > problem by commenting out this line: > > > > hints.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME; > > > > but the fewer hacks I have to make to the Cyrus code, the more confident I > will > > be about its stability. Any ideas what's going on? > > > > Larry > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:info-cyrus- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rosenbaum, Larry M. > > > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 5:27 PM > > > To: info-cyrus@lists.andrew.cmu.edu > > > Subject: Unknown host "localhost" in cyradm > > > > > > Running Cyrus 2.3.1 on Solaris 9. > > > > > > What would cause the following error? > > > > > > > > > # cyradm localhost > > > imclient_connect: unknown host "localhost" at > > > /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/sun4-solaris/Cyrus/IMAP/Admin.pm > > > line 72. > > > > > > It doesn't like any hostname I give it. Everything else looks OK so far > > > and I had no trouble with the same version of Cyrus on the Solaris 8 > > > system I was testing on. > > > > > > L > > > > > > ---- > > > Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus > > > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu > > > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > > > > ---- > > Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus > > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu > > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html > > > Hi, > > You might have a look at: > http://asg.web.cmu.edu/archive/message.php?mailbox=archive.info- > cyrus&msg=37801 > from December 16th. I had much the same problem -- cyradm was the only > thing that did not work. The problem was a badly compiled Perl -- the > symbol getaddrinfo in libperl.so was local to perl, so it was grabbing > that one (linux compatable) and not Sun's getaddrinfo from > libsocket.so. > > I recompiled Perl (went to the 5.8.7 version to boot!) with -lsocket > -lnsl -lresolv and without -lbind and cyradm (and so far the rest of > perl) works fine. Of course, mod_perl complained loudly about the > version upgrade the next time I restarted Apache, so I had to > re-compile that too! > > HTH. > Mike. > ---- > Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus > Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu > List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
