However for some reason in your case $gaiErr contains a dot and an extra space at the end of the string compared to $extErr

Yes, I noticed that, too ... and wondered ...

I think you should create an issue of this.
If the problem turns out to be in 'cpan/Socket' (in the perl source) you would then have to file a bug report against the Socket distro, but I'm guessing that the problem lies in some windows-specific section of the perl source that is outside of 'cpan/Socket' - more likely in the 'win32' folder of the perl source.

Of course, you might yet receive some helpful responses here, explaining the nature of the problem.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re^3: Socket::getaddrinfo and localized error messages on Windows by syphilis
in thread Socket::getaddrinfo and localized error messages on Windows by Yaribz

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