From: Dalibor Sramek <dali@...>
Date: 2004-01-23T05:44:56+09:00
Subject: Socket.gethosbyname AgrumentError

Hi.

I have upgraded and one of my scripts now dies with ArgumentError while
calling Socket.gethostbyname - see bellow.
Can someone explain to me why this is happening? Can it be caused by an
interference with IPv6?

Thanks,

Dalibor Sramek

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dali@epot:~$ ruby -v
ruby 1.8.1 (2003-12-25) [i386-freebsd5.2]
dali@epot:~$ irb
irb(main):001:0> require 'socket'
=> true
irb(main):002:0> Socket.gethostbyname('146.102.77.77')
ArgumentError: NULL pointer given
        from (irb):2:in ethostbyname'
        from (irb):2
irb(main):003:0>

dali@epot:~$ nslookup 146.102.77.77
Server:  ns1.casablanca.cz
Address:  217.11.224.1

Name:    sM05h01.vse.cz
Address:  146.102.77.77


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