bug #1462706: guard against host not having FQDN hostname

2006-04-02 20:37:17 +00:00 · 2006-04-02 20:37:17 +00:00 · 4eb521e595
parent 31fe35bdee
commit 4eb521e595
1 changed files with 5 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/Lib/urllib2.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib2.py
@ -1130,8 +1130,11 @@ class FileHandler(BaseHandler):
    names = None
    def get_names(self):
        if FileHandler.names is None:
+            try:
                FileHandler.names = (socket.gethostbyname('localhost'),
                                    socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname()))
+            except socket.gaierror:
+                FileHandler.names = (socket.gethostbyname('localhost'),)
        return FileHandler.names

    # not entirely sure what the rules are here