From: Lloyd Zusman <ljz@...>
Date: 2002-09-20T09:16:05+09:00
Subject: Error in Sys::Host on FreeBSD

I just downloaded the Sys::Host package from RAA.  Upon installing it
under my FreeBSD system, I got an error when I ran the test script.  I'm
using Ruby 1.7.2.

The error occurs when I run the test.rb program with the final line
uncommented, as follows:

  #!/usr/bin/ruby
                                                                               
  require "sys/host"
  include Sys

  puts Host.hostname
  puts Host.ip_addr
  Host.ip_addr{|ip| puts ip}

Output:

  hippo.asfast.net
  216.182.10.250
  216.182.10.250
  ruby in free(): warning: junk pointer, too high to make sense.

I'm not familiar with the C-Ruby interface, or else I'd try to fix this
myself.

Thanks in advance for any help you might be able to give me with this
warning.

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz@asfast.com