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Re: problems with IPs and glibc 2.1.1pre2
Am Thu, 13 May 1999 schrieb RoboHak:
>I don't know if this is a known problem or not, but I haven't heard
>anything about it yet. For some reason lynx and lftp have problems
>connecting to servers when you tell them an IP, but with lynx it will work
>if you have http:// before it. I haven't had a chance to look through them
>to see what function they're using that isn't working, but both programs
>report that it's an unknown or badly formed host. I haven't had a chance
>to go back to pre1 yet, but I should have time to do that this weekend.
That was a bug in 2.1.1pre2, fixed in CVS. You can check
ftp://linuxppc.slackers.cx for the glibc-2.1.1-6c SRPM, they contain a later
CVS snapshot.
Franz.