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[Python-Dev] buildbot svn exceptions again...

[Python-Dev] buildbot svn exceptions again... [Python-Dev] buildbot svn exceptions again...Bill Janssen janssen at parc.com
Sun May 16 19:54:11 CEST 2010
Martin v. Löwis <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:

> That's a common OSX problem/bug. Processes occasionally lose the ability
> to resolve host names. Various theories float around what's causing this
> (most commonly, people expect that a "controlling terminal" must be
> present); my theory is this:
> 
> There is a Mach port in the system that lets a process talk to the local
> resolver (lookupd, or whatever Apple's naming infrastructure is called
> today). For some reason, this port gets closed in a "background"
> process, perhaps because the parent process closed it when you logged
> out. Or the Kerberos credentials expired, or some such...
> 
> In short, if some OS X expert could shed some light on this, it would be
> appreciated. It would then be good to add this to the wiki. See also

This is as close to an explanation as I've been able to get from Apple:

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Darwin-kernel/2009/Apr/msg00016.html

> 
> http://buildbot.net/trac/wiki/UsingLaunchd
> http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/technotes/tn2005/tn2083.html
> 
> Regards,
> Martin
> 
> 
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