From: "André" <andre.nho@...>
Date: 2007-12-14T21:00:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby/Gnome app hangs when http'ing from inside a thread (linux 	only)

> >And this error only happens on linux. Has anybody ever experienced
> >anything like it?
>
> Why it happens only on linux, I'm not really sure

I made a mistake: the same problem happens both in Linux and Windows.

> While I haven't tried this, I think you might be able to magically
> solve this simply through the wonders of the standard library:
>
> require 'resolv-replace'

It worked great under Linux! Unfortunately, this seems not to work
under Windows... :( It simply doesn't resolve.

> I think the way to fix this is to replace the default resolver with an
> alternative version that plays nicely with ruby threads - i.e.  by
> wrapping a native async DNS library, or a implementing one in pure
> ruby.

I think this might be the way to go under Windows. The problem is: the
page where I'm downloading from depends on virtual host. So I can't
open with HTTP.new('10.20.30.40') since it'll return different results
that opening with HTTP.new('virtual.host.com').

Is there any way that I can open a HTTP connection with a IP and then
send a virtual host on the HTTP request?

Regards,

André