From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Subject: bug#27039: (tests guix-download) fails when DNS is bogus Date: Tue, 23 May 2017 19:07:23 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: References: <20170523162431.GB15379@jasmine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42568) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dDDHz-00045W-Oj for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 23 May 2017 13:08:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dDDHu-0001nW-Qk for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 23 May 2017 13:08:07 -0400 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:60547) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dDDHu-0001nH-Ma for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 23 May 2017 13:08:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dDDHu-000701-E7 for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 23 May 2017 13:08:02 -0400 Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-Message-ID: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20170523162431.GB15379@jasmine> List-Id: Bug reports for GNU Guix List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-guix-bounces+gcggb-bug-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "bug-Guix" To: 27039 <27039@debbugs.gnu.org> On Tue, 23 May 2017 12:24:31 -0400, Leo Famulari wrote: > The guix-download test includes this snippet: >=20 > ------ > # Make sure it fails here. > if guix download http://does.not/exist > then false; else true; fi > ------ >=20 > Unfortunately, many ISPs (such as T-Mobile) return bogus results for > otherwise unclaimed domain names, causing this test to fail. >=20 > Does anyone know if there is some domain that is designed to fail as a > "standard", as is intended to be used for examples > of good domains? http://fail.0 fails to resolve with "ping: bad address 'fail.0'. This was run on an OpenN= IC connected computer.=