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Re: perl5.001n, problem with lib/socket.t under Solaris
On Mon, 6 Nov 1995, Marc Espie wrote:

> Everything went ok, except for the new lib/socket.t test.
> After checking closely, and asking our sysadmins, it appears that he was
> forced to disable the echo service in inetd.conf because of a security
> hole.

Apparently, this sort of thing is rather common, so the next lib/socket.t
test will have to be much more forgiving.

As usual, I'll get around to fixing it, but if someone else beats
me to it, I won't complain.

Andy Dougherty doughera@lafcol.lafayette.edu