socket.gethostbyname resolving octal IP addresses incorrectly
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Description
| BPO | 27612 |
|---|---|
| Nosy | @ronaldoussoren, @vstinner, @ned-deily, @bitdancer, @koobs, @eryksun, @zhangyangyu, @mattrobenolt |
| Files |
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GitHub fields:
assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2016-07-25.06:27:54.049>
labels = ['OS-mac', 'type-bug', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', 'library']
title = 'socket.gethostbyname resolving octal IP addresses incorrectly'
updated_at = <Date 2021-02-26.19:10:57.163>
user = 'https://github.com/mattrobenolt'
bugs.python.org fields:
activity = <Date 2021-02-26.19:10:57.163>
actor = 'eryksun'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)', 'macOS']
creation = <Date 2016-07-25.06:27:54.049>
creator = 'mattrobenolt'
dependencies = []
files = ['43890']
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 27612
keywords = []
message_count = 20.0
messages = ['271237', '271265', '271266', '271271', '271283', '271284', '271289', '271290', '271293', '271294', '271304', '271343', '271346', '271363', '271364', '271365', '271369', '271383', '271390', '387737']
nosy_count = 8.0
nosy_names = ['ronaldoussoren', 'vstinner', 'ned.deily', 'r.david.murray', 'koobs', 'eryksun', 'xiang.zhang', 'mattrobenolt']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue27612'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']
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First steps
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- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the uploaded socket-test-freebsd-9-10-11-python-27-33-34-35.txt artifact and investigate the socket.gethostbyname entry point for the reported octal IP behavior. Review the issue discussion to establish the expected result, then add or update coverage so the behavior is verified across the affected Python versions and macOS context.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100