Re: Undefined address for Socket::pack_sockaddr

Walking up the call chain, it tries to resolve _DEFAULT_HOST(), which is localhost. Maybe localhost does not resolve to a good name for the chosen protocol? Maybe things work better if you explicitly supply a hostname, or a fixed IP address?

my $ff = Firefox::Marionette->new(
    host => '127.0.0.1',
    #host => 'localhost',
    #host => '::1',
    #host => 'hostname-of-the-machine',
);
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Maybe localhost only resolves for IPv4 (or IPv6) and pack_sockaddr_in tries to pack an address for IPv6 (or IPv4)...

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Re^2: Undefined address for Socket::pack_sockaddr_in by WithABeard (Beadle) on Jun 20, 2024 at 11:54 UTC
You are right, "localhost" does not resolve: `% perl -MSocket -e'defined inet_aton("localhost") or die;' Died at -e line 1.` [download] I forgot that I meddled with /etc/hosts trying to resolve a different issue, and I guess I didn't restore it Now that I have restored it, the error is gone. Strange that I did not get this problem until now, as it has been days since this meddling...	[reply] [d/l]