Bug#931355: apt: unresolvable hostnames are wicked
On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 01:04:28AM +0200, Thorsten Glaser wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 1.8.2
> Severity: wishlist
>
> W: Failed to fetch http://mirror.lan.tarent.de/debian/dists/sid/InRelease Something wicked happened resolving 'mirror.lan.tarent.de:http' (-5 - No address associated with hostname)
>
> This is because I’m currently not in the VPN to $dayjob,
> but unresolvable hostnames are not so special that they
> are “wicked”, I think… perhaps, for them, a toned-down
> warning is a bit more appropriate?
Of course they're not, which is why we print something like
E: Failed to fetch http://fdsfdijdfsds.exsapl/dodod Could not resolve 'fdsfdijdfsds.exsapl'
when getaddrinfo() returns EAI_NONAME or EAI_SERVICE.
In your case, getaddrinfo() returned none of the following:
- EAI_NONAME
- EAI_SERVICE
- EAI_AGAIN
- EAI_SYSTEM
If you can figure out what it returned, please tell us.
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