getaddrinfo fails with err 7 EAI_NODATA for some valid hosts with A records. Err 7 EAI_NODATA is mapped from WSANO_DATA err 11004 in Windows. Can anyone reproduce failure with problem host name below?
STC is run on Linux and Cygwin (up to date): #!/bin/bash # nslookup, getent hosts, getent ahosts run with good and problem host names uname -srvmo nslookup -debug cygwin.org getent hosts cygwin.org getent ahosts cygwin.org nslookup -debug leapsecond.utcd.org getent hosts leapsecond.utcd.org getent ahosts leapsecond.utcd.org uname -srvmo # Linux results: $ uname -srvmo Linux 4.1.13-v7+ #826 SMP PREEMPT Fri Nov 13 20:19:03 GMT 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux $ nslookup -debug cygwin.org Server: 64.59.135.148 Address: 64.59.135.148#53 ------------ QUESTIONS: cygwin.org, type = A, class = IN ANSWERS: -> cygwin.org internet address = 209.132.180.131 ttl = 300 AUTHORITY RECORDS: ADDITIONAL RECORDS: ------------ Non-authoritative answer: Name: cygwin.org Address: 209.132.180.131 $ getent hosts cygwin.org 209.132.180.131 cygwin.org $ getent ahosts cygwin.org 209.132.180.131 STREAM server1.sourceware.org 209.132.180.131 DGRAM 209.132.180.131 RAW $ nslookup -debug leapsecond.utcd.org Server: 64.59.135.148 Address: 64.59.135.148#53 ------------ QUESTIONS: leapsecond.utcd.org, type = A, class = IN ANSWERS: -> leapsecond.utcd.org internet address = 244.34.36.97 ttl = 600 AUTHORITY RECORDS: ADDITIONAL RECORDS: ------------ Non-authoritative answer: Name: leapsecond.utcd.org Address: 244.34.36.97 $ getent hosts leapsecond.utcd.org 244.34.36.97 leapsecond.utcd.org $ getent ahosts leapsecond.utcd.org 244.34.36.97 STREAM leapsecond.utcd.org 244.34.36.97 DGRAM 244.34.36.97 RAW $ uname -srvmo Linux 4.1.13-v7+ #826 SMP PREEMPT Fri Nov 13 20:19:03 GMT 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux # Cygwin results: $ uname -srvmo CYGWIN_NT-6.1 2.3.1(0.291/5/3) 2015-11-14 12:44 x86_64 Cygwin $ nslookup -debug cygwin.org Server: 64.59.135.148 Address: 64.59.135.148#53 ------------ QUESTIONS: cygwin.org, type = A, class = IN ANSWERS: -> cygwin.org internet address = 209.132.180.131 ttl = 199 AUTHORITY RECORDS: ADDITIONAL RECORDS: ------------ Non-authoritative answer: Name: cygwin.org Address: 209.132.180.131 $ getent hosts cygwin.org 209.132.180.131 cygwin.org $ getent ahosts cygwin.org 209.132.180.131 0 cygwin.org $ nslookup -debug leapsecond.utcd.org Server: 64.59.135.148 Address: 64.59.135.148#53 ------------ QUESTIONS: leapsecond.utcd.org, type = A, class = IN ANSWERS: -> leapsecond.utcd.org internet address = 244.34.36.97 ttl = 501 AUTHORITY RECORDS: ADDITIONAL RECORDS: ------------ Non-authoritative answer: Name: leapsecond.utcd.org Address: 244.34.36.97 $ getent hosts leapsecond.utcd.org 244.34.36.97 leapsecond.utcd.org $ getent ahosts leapsecond.utcd.org $ uname -srvmo CYGWIN_NT-6.1 2.3.1(0.291/5/3) 2015-11-14 12:44 x86_64 Cygwin -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple