Should it be trying to actually validate an IP address or just ping it?

By my reading of the Net::Ping::ping() documentation, it should just ping it.

That documentation says, in part:

<quote>
If the hostname cannot be found or there is a problem with the IP number, the success flag returned will be undef. Otherwise, the success flag will be 1 if the host is reachable and 0 if it is not. For most practical purposes, undef and 0 and can be treated as the same case.
</quote>

So, if the ping() function is dying, then it's not behaving as advertised - which makes it a bug.

Cheers,
Rob

In reply to Re^3: Net::Ping 2.63 Failing by syphilis
in thread Net::Ping 2.63 Failing by g_speran

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