Re: Unstable tests
"Eric S. Raymond" <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.network.net-snmp.devel |
|---|---|
| Organization | Eric Conspiracy Secret Labs |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
Bill Fenner <[email protected]>: > So before, you meant you failed test 31 of the "com2sec directive" suite? I'm not even sure that's what I saw. My apologies, I'm new to this code and the test output is somwhat confusing. > Try "cd testing; SNMP_VERBOSE=2 ./RUNFULLTESTS -v -r T070com2sec" to get > more detail about why it failed. > > Test 30 and 31 could fail if your DNS resolver performs "helpful" NXDOMAIN > remapping - e.g., does > > ping no.such.address. > return > ping: unknown host no.such.address. > or does it return something like > PING no.such.address (92.242.140.21) 56(84) bytes of data. The latter. I guess that's the problem. > There's an assumption in the test suite that the DNS server is not insane, > but of course most home ISPs provide insane DNS servers by default. Most > providers give you the option to use a sane one, or of course you could > change your /etc/resolv.conf to point to a sane public DNS provider. I have a Verizon FIOS business account. The rot has spread to more than "home" service. This problem should be documented where people running the tests will see it. -- <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a> My work is funded by the Internet Civil Engineering Institute: https://icei.org Please visit their site and donate: the civilization you save might be your own. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot