urllib2 localnet Changed test to lookup IP-address of localhost

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2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
networking, testing-qa

Research direction

The issue names issue_22753.diff and an urllib2 localnet test; start by reviewing that diff and locating the corresponding test in CPython. Run the focused urllib2 test and confirm it passes without assuming a fixed localhost address.

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Description

tests type-bug
BPO 22753
Nosy @ezio-melotti, @bitdancer
Files
  • issue_22753.diff: A patch that does this: localhost_ip = socket.gethostbyname('localhost')
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    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2014-10-28.14:47:08.763>
labels = ['type-bug', 'tests']
title = 'urllib2 localnet Changed test to lookup IP-address of localhost'
updated_at = <Date 2014-11-03.11:58:35.980>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/hakan'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2014-11-03.11:58:35.980>
actor = 'hakan'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Tests']
creation = <Date 2014-10-28.14:47:08.763>
creator = 'hakan'
dependencies = []
files = ['37053']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 22753
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 6.0
messages = ['230156', '230157', '230158', '230451', '230456', '230534']
nosy_count = 5.0
nosy_names = ['ezio.melotti', 'r.david.murray', 'puppet', 'larstiq', 'hakan']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue22753'
versions = ['Python 3.5']

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