Issue 11711: socketpair does not accept AF_INET family argument [Linux] (original) (raw)

Issue11711

Created on 2011-03-29 19:19 by Cloudberry, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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msg132504 - (view)	Author: (Cloudberry)	Date: 2011-03-29 19:19
System where issue was reproduced is Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit with python 2.6.5 Expected behavior for socket.socketpair as per the docstring: "The arguments are the same as for socket() except the default family is AF_UNIX if defined on the platform; otherwise, the default is AF_INET." Executing socket.socketpair() or socket.socketpair(socket.AF_UNIX) runs fine. However, executing socket.socketpair(socket.AF_INET) throws socket.error with Errno 95 "Operation not supported". It seems either the docstring is off suggesting non-default family can be selected, or the AF_INET option is broken.
msg132509 - (view)	Author: Ross Lagerwall (rosslagerwall)	Date: 2011-03-29 19:29
It is noted in the Linux man page for socketpair: On Linux, the only supported domain for this call is AF_UNIX (or synonymously, AF_LOCAL). (Most implementations have the same restriction.)
msg132512 - (view)	Author: (Cloudberry)	Date: 2011-03-29 19:39
Thank you for clarifications. Closing it as an invalid issue, as this is (not) working as expected. Apologies for the noise.