From: ts <decoux@...>
Date: 2002-09-20T22:36:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Error in Sys::Host on FreeBSD

>>>>> "B" == Berger, Daniel <djberge@qwest.com> writes:

B> That's interesting.  It *should* work without the each method.  I just
B> tested it on Solaris using an August build of 1.7.2 and it worked ok.
B> However, I have not tested it against 1.7.2 on FreeBSD.  I must also admit
B> that I've never actually tested this on a system with more than 1 IP address
B> - I simply don't have access to a system that does.

pigeon% cat test.rb
#!/usr/bin/ruby

require "sys/host"
include Sys

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

pigeon% ruby test.rb
pigeon
138.102.114.46
138.102.114.46
test.rb:8: [BUG] Segmentation fault
ruby 1.6.7 (2002-03-01) [i686-linux]
Aborted
pigeon% 

 The segmentation fault is for free()

 The difference between the call with or without an block is that you
 call `host_free(pptr);' when it's called as an iterator.


Guy Decoux