[Python-Dev] New test failure, test_socket, WinXP (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.one at comcast.net
Tue Jul 6 06:01:38 CEST 2004

Fails every time, in release and debug builds:

test testsocket failed -- Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Code\python\lib\test\testsocket.py", line 311, in testGetServBy eq(socket.getservbyport(port2), service) AssertionError: 'http' != 'www'

Sounds like the Windows equivalent (on your box) of /etc/services is bogus. What does the line for 80/tcp look like in \Wimdows\system32\drivers\etc\services ? (Well, that's where it is on my XP box. Who knows where it is on yours.)

On my box it says approximately: http 80/tcp www www-http #world wide web

On mine it is exactly:

http 80/tcp www www-http #World Wide Web

This suggests that it should return "http", not "www" --

Well, to judge from the failing assert in isolation, getservbyport() is returning "http", but the test expects "www" ... yup:

Python 2.4a0 (#46, Jul 5 2004, 18:32:20) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32

import socket socket.getservbyname('www', 'tcp') 80 socket.getservbyport() 'http'

The other name are accepted too:

socket.getservbyname('http', 'tcp') 80 socket.getservbyname('www-http', 'tcp') 80

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