Re: What's wrong with this system's configuration?

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 >I've been following the mod_perl list, and remember seeing this thread and
 >never responded, though maybe I should have.  I seem to recall seeing your
 >host file and something didn't look right to me.  Can you (re)summarize
 >your [original] problem?

This is the whole thread:
http://gossamer-threads.com/lists/modperl/modperl/75983

 >
 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 >  Brian Stevens                 STEVENS.COM, Inc.
 >  brian@xxxxxxx.xxx                 (713)419-6250
 >        Systems Administration Consultant
 >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 >
 >Nick *** said:
 >>  >>  >> The admin asked me what command I use in order to get the name
 >> 'localhost.testdrive.hp.com'. How does MP2 get this?
 >>  >>  >
 >>  >>  >Something like the following:
 >>  >>  >
 >>  >>  >use Socket;
 >>  >>  >my $localhost_addr = pack('C4', 127, 0, 0, 1);
 >>  >>  >my $name = gethostbyaddr($localhost_addr, Socket::AF_INET()) ||
 >> 'localhost';
 >>  >>  >my $iaddr = (gethostbyname($name))[-1];
 >>  >>  >unless (defined $iaddr) {
 >>  >>  >         die "Can't resolve host: '$name' (check /etc/hosts)";
 >>  >>  >}
 >>  >>  >$remote_addr ||= Socket::inet_ntoa($iaddr);
 >>  >>  >print $remote_addr;
 >>  >>  >
 >>  >>  >prints 127.0.0.1 on my machine.
 >>  >>  >
 >>  >>  >--
 >>  >>
 >>  >> They ask me this: :)
 >>  >>
 >>  >> When I show this to one of the engineers here we are confused
 >>  >> as to what information or what you are trying to do with these
 >>  >> commands. Can you please explain what you are trying to do?
 >>  >
 >>  >It tries to resolve 127.0.0.1.
 >>
 >> Seems like the admin is not going to help me.
 >> Anyway, I compiled perl 5.8.6 on two other platforms in the testdrive
 >> program and when I try to compile mp2 I get the same error (on these two
 >> platforms I didn't get the error with the native perl distribution.) I
 >> don't know if this is a problem with perl or the platforms'
 >> configurations. Is this check vital for mod_perl to operate? Why mod_perl
 >> should resolve 127.0.0.1? Can I skip this check in order to try to test on
 >> these platforms and what to do to skip it?
 >>
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