package: python2.5 version: 2.5.4-3 severity: normal hi, when running a webserver with python's BaseHTTPServer in unstable, it is not possible to connect using the localhost alias. however, this works correctly in lenny, so it is a regression.
to reproduce, run the first example, 'Responding with an HTML Page', described at [0]. make sure to change HOST_NAME to localhost and PORT_NUMBER to 8000 first, then try connecting through a web browser to url 'http://localhost:8000'. this will not work. try connecting to url 'http://localhost.localdomain:8000'. this will work. here is the relevant line from /etc/hosts on unstable: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost which i tried changing to: 127.0.0.1 localhost to match lenny's /etc/hosts, but that didn't make a difference. i also installed apache (to determine whether this is a general issue with my configuration or not), and connecting to 'http://localhost' works just fine. so this is indeed a BaseHTTPServer-specific issue. i also get the same behavior with python 2.4. thank you for any info you can provide. best wishes, mike [0] http://wiki.python.org/moin/BaseHttpServer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
