[MacRuby-devel] connect to udp socket: getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known (SocketError)

[Laurent Sansonetti]

Hi Brian,

That definitely looks like a bug. Sockets in MacRuby are quite  
experimental :) Could you file a ticket on Trac about this? We should  
also try to reduce the problem.

Laurent

On Dec 11, 2009, at 8:05 AM, Brian Marick wrote:

> I'm on Snow Leopard (10.6.2), using xmpp4r. I can connect to the  
> jabber server fine using Apple's stock Ruby (1.8.7 (2008-08-11  
> patchlevel 72)) but not with MacRuby 0.5 (beta 2). When I try the  
> same code with MacRuby, I get this:
>
> core:in `connect:': getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or  
> not known (SocketError)
> 	from /Library/Frameworks/MacRuby.framework/Versions/0.5/usr/lib/ 
> ruby/1.9.0/resolv.rb:690:in `initialize:'
>
> That line is from this code:
>
>      class ConnectedUDP < Requester # :nodoc:
>        def initialize(host, port=Port)
>          super()
>          @host = host
>          @port = port
> ==>          @sock = UDPSocket.new(host.index(':') ?  
> Socket::AF_INET6 : Socket::AF_INET)
>          DNS.bind_random_port(@sock)
>          @sock.connect(host, port)
>          @sock.fcntl(Fcntl::F_SETFD, Fcntl::FD_CLOEXEC) if defined?  
> Fcntl::F_SETFD
>        end
>
> That code is the same as in 1.8.7 (though there are other  
> differences in the file).
>
> I searched around and found references to the same error message  
> coming from using drb on 10.5.3 stock ruby, but notice that my stock  
> Ruby works.
>
> I'll do a little more digging. Does anyone have any ideas? Here's  
> the code:
>
> http://pastie.org/739072
>
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