From: Ross Shaw <RossShaw@...>
Date: 2001-07-12T18:52:17+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:17705] Re: Net/Http problem - connect(2) error on windows

"Minero Aoki" <aamine@mx.edit.ne.jp> wrote in message
news:Y1F27.78548$AM.2164665@e420r-sjo3.usenetserver.com...
>
>   In mail "[ruby-talk:17607] Net/Http problem - connect(2) error on
windows"
>     jbshaldane@hotmail.com (S Sykes) wrote:
>
> > I run ruby on Windows 2000... it works wonderfully, except when
> > fetching web pages.  If I do something like this:
>
> > /cygdrive/c/ruby/lib/ruby/1.6/net/protocol.rb:507:in `new': Invalid
> > argument - "connect(2)"(Errno::EINVAL)
>
> It is the known bug of ruby socket.
> Try ruby 1.6.4 or stable snapshot.
>
> Minero Aoki
>

Unfortunately 1.6.4 does not fix this problem.

Ross