>I've been following the mod_perl list, and remember seeing this thread and >never responded, though maybe I should have. I seem to recall seeing your >host file and something didn't look right to me. Can you (re)summarize >your [original] problem?
This is the whole thread: http://gossamer-threads.com/lists/modperl/modperl/75983 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Brian Stevens STEVENS.COM, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (713)419-6250 > Systems Administration Consultant >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Nick *** said: >> >> >> The admin asked me what command I use in order to get the name >> 'localhost.testdrive.hp.com'. How does MP2 get this? >> >> > >> >> >Something like the following: >> >> > >> >> >use Socket; >> >> >my $localhost_addr = pack('C4', 127, 0, 0, 1); >> >> >my $name = gethostbyaddr($localhost_addr, Socket::AF_INET()) || >> 'localhost'; >> >> >my $iaddr = (gethostbyname($name))[-1]; >> >> >unless (defined $iaddr) { >> >> > die "Can't resolve host: '$name' (check /etc/hosts)"; >> >> >} >> >> >$remote_addr ||= Socket::inet_ntoa($iaddr); >> >> >print $remote_addr; >> >> > >> >> >prints 127.0.0.1 on my machine. >> >> > >> >> >-- >> >> >> >> They ask me this: :) >> >> >> >> When I show this to one of the engineers here we are confused >> >> as to what information or what you are trying to do with these >> >> commands. Can you please explain what you are trying to do? >> > >> >It tries to resolve 127.0.0.1. >> >> Seems like the admin is not going to help me. >> Anyway, I compiled perl 5.8.6 on two other platforms in the testdrive >> program and when I try to compile mp2 I get the same error (on these two >> platforms I didn't get the error with the native perl distribution.) I >> don't know if this is a problem with perl or the platforms' >> configurations. Is this check vital for mod_perl to operate? Why mod_perl >> should resolve 127.0.0.1? Can I skip this check in order to try to test on >> these platforms and what to do to skip it? >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------- >> Àêòèâèðàéòå SMS >> èçâåñòÿâàíå >> çà ïîëó÷åíî >> ïèñìî - >> http://promo.abv.bg/new_sms.html >> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- Активирайте SMS известяване за получено писмо - http://promo.abv.bg/new_sms.html
