Bug#387908: ftbfs: 500_ping_icmp fails on VServer

[Niko Tyni]

On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 04:23:14PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:35:30PM +0200, Max Kellermann wrote:
> > On 2006/09/17 23:25, Steve Langasek <vorlon at debian.org> wrote:
> > > This is a reasonable assumption on any sanely configured Unix
> > > system.  VServer's failure to provide a loopback interface is
> > > inexcusable design brokenness.
> 
> > While VServer's design decision is indeed arguable, there might be
> > other reasons why there is no echo-response from 127.0.0.1,
> > e.g. firewall rules, rate limits, icmp_echo_ignore_all.
> 
> True, but there's no reason to consider any of these other causes a bug in
> the package either, as opposed to a misconfiguration of the build
> environment.

Agreed, I don't think there's anything to fix on the Perl side here.
Sorry about the delay.

Max, can I close this bug?
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Niko Tyni   ntyni at debian.org