From: Richard Kilmer <rich@...>
Date: 2004-01-16T05:47:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Sockets problems on OS X 10.3

Well, i found a way to get webrick to work...its to do this before you 
start it up:

Socket.do_not_reverse_lookup = true

There is definitely a problem on OS X with getaddrinfo, and perhaps 
getnameinfo...its been reported in several places including...

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/84909

Best,

Rich

On Jan 15, 2004, at 2:49 PM, David Heinemeier Hansson wrote:

> It seems like it wasn't Webrick to fault for my problems getting the 
> simple example running, but rather the basic Socket class in Ruby:
>
> irb(main):002:0> a = Socket.getnameinfo(["AF_INET", '23', 
> 'www.ruby-lang.org'])
> SocketError: getnameinfo: System error
>         from (irb):2:in `getnameinfo'
>         from (irb):2
>
> I'm kinda lost on how to get further from the very generic "System 
> error" message. Anyone got a clue on where to find a more fulfilling 
> error description for something like this?
> --
> David Heinemeier Hansson.
> http://www.loudthinking.com/ -- Broadcasting Brain
>
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