in reply to Cannot install HTTP::Proxy under Strawberry Perl 5.10.0.3

Not sure, but maybe this is somehow related to getsockname() blocks indefinitely?.

Also, I had myself once experienced similar weirdness with getsockname depending on the setting of SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE (Windows-specific socket option), though you'd think that both should be unrelated.  (Unfortunately, I can no longer remember the details, nor can I come up with a test case that would reproduce the issue — but maybe it rings a bell with someone else...)

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Re^2: Cannot install HTTP::Proxy under Strawberry Perl 5.10.0.3
by jds17 (Pilgrim) on Nov 03, 2008 at 23:22 UTC
    Hi Almut,
    thanks a lot for your suggestions, they look promising. I will take a fresh look at them in the morning.