Eric Hodel
8/9/2007 2:17:00 AM
On Aug 8, 2007, at 19:03, Roger Pack wrote:
> Subject: [ruby-talk:10482] Re: threads and resolving names
> From: "Joseph McDonald" <joe vpop.net>
> Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2001 15:27:00 +0900
> In-reply-to: 10481
>
>> |I thought if I created a bunch of threads that I could get around
>> |the problem and would only hang when all threads (100) are hung.
>> |But that doesn't seem to be the case. Do I have my threading
>> |wrong?
>>
>> Sorry, resolving by gethostbyname(3) etc block whole process. It's a
>> pity of user level thread.
>>
>> matz.
>
> I for one find this a serious defect [all threads block (?) when
> one is
> resolving a DNS address]. Well cross your fingers and hope it gets
> fixed soon!
It was fixed ages ago.
require 'resolv'
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