From: "Randy Kobes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 5:13 PM
> From: "Doug MacEachern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2002 6:38 PM > > > i wouldn't object to special casing to make win32 happy. though i find it > > odd that things are working ok as-is on my win32 box and on others. is > > there any info i can give you about my win32 setup that would help? fwiw > > your script outputs the following on my box: > > > > localhost is at 127.0.0.1 > > 127.0.0.1 is named bramble > > bramble is at 10.0.1.2 > > 10.0.1.2 is named bramble Ok... so your machine gets to identity in 3 reversions (lh->ip->lh->ip) Which flavor OS, doug? > For one more data point, on my Win98 machine, which is on a > dial-up network without a permanent ip address, the script gives > > localhost is at 127.0.0.1 > 127.0.0.1 is named localhost > localhost is at 127.0.0.1 > 127.0.0.1 is named localhost > > and the modules/access.t tests all pass. Useful to know, Randy, thanks! Windows NT and prior can be trivially configured for the right name stuff; it's 2000 that gets prickly. I need to iterate through the local name, the flipflop (that middle case on my system example, 'v505') and the absolute name. Is there an option to t/TEST to pass the local machine name? Bill
