[cvsnt] Re: cvs server: connect to 127.0.0.1(::ffff:127.0.0.1):2402 failed: U nknown name translation error

[Tony Hoyle]

Magalotti Gianluca, Sistematica wrote:
> I've just installed cvsnt 2.0.51d on a: SunOS rmnpos03 5.8 Generic_114018-01
> sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-480R machine as a cvs replacement.
> 
> I've installed binaries found on www.cvsnt.com <www.cvsnt.com>  and
> libraries for gcc support (3.3.8) both binaries installed with pkgadd.
> 
> After a cvs login, any other command (ie cvs ls or cvs checkout) fails whit
> the message:
> cvs server: connect to 127.0.0.1(::ffff:127.0.0.1):2402 failed: Unknown name
> translation error
> 

> I don't even known what "Unknown name translation error" means..
> I've read the netdb.h include file and the EAI_* doc but found nothing.
> 

It looks like an internal Solaris error, but I can't find any 
documentation about it by searching.  Perhaps if you ask in a Solaris 
newsgroup someone might have seen it.

Tony