Re: [gnet-dev] Async bug with GLib 2.0?

[Frederic Deletang <df phear org>]

Same here,
I'd greatly appreciate if someone points me to a workaround or bugfix :)

On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 07:26:09PM -0500, Hans Petter Jansson wrote:
> Hi. I was porting a library to use GLib 2.0, and this library also
> depends on GNet. It seems I have found a bug in the GNet 1.1.4 release
> which is preventing me from using it with GLib 2.0, even though it
> builds fine. After checking the archives for this list, I wonder if it
> isn't the async DNS lookup bug reincarnate.
> 
> The problem is that when using gnet_tcp_socket_connect_async (), the
> function returns a valid context, but I never get any callback. I've
> tried to connect to both "localhost" and "127.0.0.1" with the same
> result. Whether there is a process listening on the port I try to
> connect to or not makes no difference.
> 
> This also affects tests/dnstest and examples/echoclient that come with
> GNet, but only in async mode. Listener sockets seem to work fine, I get
> callbacks when connecting to them.
> 
> I've confirmed this with GNet 1.1.4 and GLib 2.0.0 and 2.0.3. It works
> fine if linked with GLib 1.2.10.
> 
> Oh, and while I'm at it, I'll also recommend linking the examples with
> the uninstalled library - I'm not sure the `gnet-config --(libs|cflags)`
> has any educational value.
> 
> -- 
> Hans Petter

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