From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2001-02-20T00:17:53+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:11106] Re: TCPSocket.open() lasts 2 minutes (was: rwiki *hangs* in send())

>>>>> "C" == Clemens Wyss <wys@helbling.ch> writes:

C> wys@helbling.ch (Clemens Wyss) wrote in <Xns904DA13B7A4A5wyshelblingch@
130.133.1.4> :

>> My (easy) testscript looks like this: 
>> require 'socket'
>> soc = TCPSocket.open("localhost", 8470)
>> soc.close()
>> 
C> ...on the other hand "127.0.0.1" (instead of "localhost") finishes 
C> immediately.

 Verify that you don't have a problem with your DNS, see the file
 /etc/host.conf (resolver configuration file) or similar


Guy Decoux