On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 17:13 -0800, Stas Bekman wrote: > Philippe M. Chiasson wrote: > > On Mon, 2004-03-29 at 17:03 -0800, Stas Bekman wrote: > > > >>Philippe M. Chiasson wrote: > >> > >> > >>>+ error "Socket6 not installed"; > >>>+ error "Test might fail if your hostname: '$name' has an > >>>IPv6 address"; > >> > >>not too clear what to do in case of a problem, and what consitutes a > >>problem. > > > > > > Yeah, guess the message is a bit too terse. > > > > > >>something like this? > >> > >> error << EOI; > >>Your system is configured to run both ipv6 and ipv4, but can't figure out > >>which interface to use, trying to use ipv6. If the test suite doesn't > >>start, > >>please install the perl CPAN module 'Socket6' and re-run the last command. > >>EOI > > > > > > How about: > > > > " > > Your system is configured to run both ipv6 and ipv4, but can't figure > > out if the hostname 'name' is ipv4 only. If the test suite doesn't > > start, try specifying a servername that you know is only ipv4, or > > what action user is supposed to undertake when you say that? it should be > really clear, or we will end up with a question onto the list.
Well, what I am trying to say is that if the user goes perl Makefile.PL -servername my.name.com or perl Makefile.PL -servername 127.0.0.1 His/Her problem will also go away. installing Socket6 will not solve the problem, but just allow me to detect if a problem is certain to happen. In any case, at that point, the user will need to specify an ipv4 hostname/address. > > install the perl CPAN module 'Socket6' and re-run the last command. > > > > > -- > __________________________________________________________________ > Stas Bekman JAm_pH ------> Just Another mod_perl Hacker > http://stason.org/ mod_perl Guide ---> http://perl.apache.org > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://use.perl.org http://apacheweek.com > http://modperlbook.org http://apache.org http://ticketmaster.com
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