[Mono-bugs] [Bug 79211][Nor] Changed - Hostname Resolution Broken in 1.1.17

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Changed by robertj at gmx.net.

http://bugzilla.ximian.com/show_bug.cgi?id=79211

--- shadow/79211	2006-08-29 14:25:23.000000000 -0400
+++ shadow/79211.tmp.21415	2006-08-30 18:32:08.000000000 -0400
@@ -2,21 +2,20 @@
 Product: Mono: Class Libraries
 Version: 1.1
 OS: GNU/Linux [Other]
 OS Details: Ubuntu 6.06
 Status: NEW   
 Resolution: 
-Severity: 
-Priority: Critical
+Severity: Unknown
+Priority: Normal
 Component: System
 AssignedTo: mono-bugs at ximian.com                            
 ReportedBy: bugzilla at patearl.net               
 QAContact: mono-bugs at ximian.com
 TargetMilestone: ---
 URL: 
-Cc: 
 Summary: Hostname Resolution Broken in 1.1.17
 
 Hostname resolution seems to be rather broken in 1.1.17.  Npgsql uses
 System.Net.Dns.GetHostByName to query for "localhost" and this causes the
 following error:
 
@@ -24,6 +23,34 @@
 
 In web service invocation, a similar error occurs:
 
      System.Net.WebException: Error: NameResolutionFailure
 
 Running 1.1.16.1 properly resolves the names.
+
+------- Additional Comments From robertj at gmx.net  2006-08-30 18:32 -------
+The following test case works on my machines:
+
+using System;
+using System.Net;
+
+class T
+{
+        static void Main ()
+        {
+                Console.WriteLine (Dns.GetHostByName
+("localhost").HostName);
+        }
+}
+
+
+It even works if I remove the "localhost" entries from /etc/hosts,
+as long a nameserver is still available. If neither /etc/hosts nor
+the nameserver are available, an exception is thrown.
+The same with 1.1.13.8, the stable release.
+
+Check your net config.
+
+Priority changed, see 
+
+http://bugzilla.ximian.com/bug_status.html#priority
+