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Diffstat (limited to 't/lib/io_sock.t')
| -rwxr-xr-x | t/lib/io_sock.t | 5 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/t/lib/io_sock.t b/t/lib/io_sock.t index 0971e7803f..9fab56b237 100755 --- a/t/lib/io_sock.t +++ b/t/lib/io_sock.t @@ -55,11 +55,14 @@ if($pid = fork()) { # This can fail if localhost is undefined or the # special 'loopback' address 127.0.0.1 is not configured # on your system. (/etc/rc.config.d/netconfig on HP-UX.) + # As a shortcut (not recommended) you could change 'localhost' + # here to be the name of this machine eg 'myhost.mycompany.com'. $sock = IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerPort => $port, Proto => 'tcp', PeerAddr => 'localhost' - ) or die "$!"; + ) + or die "$! (maybe your system does not have the 'localhost' address defined)"; $sock->autoflush(1); |