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Bug/Inconsistency in POP3.pm (libnet) with perl5.6.0 #1988
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From mitchell@pienetworks.comHi, I have spent a couple of hours tearing my hair out over this, and found an easy work-around... this happened since grabbing perl5.6 and libnet1.0703. The problem: perl code using Net::POP3.pm was failing to connect to the localhost. Examining the logs showed it never tried - running with debug showed the constructor always returned undef. Grabbing the smtp port works fine, as does sunrpc and a couple of other ports. It turns out that the POP3 module attempts to get the port for "pop3" service, where this basically standard Linux 2.2.13 (Redhat 6.1 with a kernel upgrade) has "pop-3" entries in the /etc/services file instead. Somehow perl 5.005 worked as it was. ARRRGGGH!!! AFTER the light-bulb appeared over my head, I put pop3 entries in the services file and all is well. Is it possible to get libnet to check for alternatives like this? Or is this really a bug in perl's getservbyname? Keep up the excellent work guys, |
From @gbarrTHis is a bug in the version of IO::Socket that was included in 5.6, I belive Graham. On Fri, May 19, 2000 at 11:08:53AM -0400, Mitchell Brandsma wrote:
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From [Unknown Contact. See original ticket]Hi, I have spent a couple of hours tearing my hair out over this, and found an The problem: perl code using Net::POP3.pm was failing to connect to the AFTER the light-bulb appeared over my head, I put pop3 entries in the services Keep up the excellent work guys, |
From @gsarOn Wed, 07 Jun 2000 15:52:49 +0200, Richard Foley wrote:
Yes, it is a bug in the new IO::Socket. Thanks for reporting it. You'll find a patch in the perl5-porters archives. Sarathy |
From @iabynaccording to the bug dialogue, its fixed in 5.6.1 |
@iabyn - Status changed from 'open' to 'resolved' |
Migrated from rt.perl.org#3262 (status was 'resolved')
Searchable as RT3262$
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