RE: [Py2exe-users] getaddrinfo failed with httplib and sockets

[Jimmy R. <ji...@re...>]

> > Rob Campbell wrote:
> >> I have been having trouble with httplib.  After looking into it I
have
> >> noticed that anything using socket.getaddrinfo() has the same
problem.
> >> The error I am getting is "socket.gaierror: (10093, 'getaddrinfo
> >> failed')".  I get this error only when using a py2exe generated
> >> executable.  When I run the same code through the python
interpreter,
> > it
> >> works fine.  Am I missing a DLL or anything else that might be
causing
> >> this problem?  Thank you.
> >
> > The attached isolated test of socket.getaddrinfo works for me when
built
> > with py2exe 0.6.3. I tried it with both Python 2.3.5 and 2.4.1, both
> > under XP SP2. Does this little test work for you? If not, are any of
> > your versions different? If it does work for you, then try reducing
your
> > code more and more to see how simple of an example you can get to
fail.
> > A batch file that builds the executable and then runs it can save a
lot
> > of time in repeated attempts at this.
> >
> > Jimmy
> >
>=20
> I was able to reproduce it with just 2 lines of code.  Importing
socket
> and making a call to socket.getaddrinfo().  I was able to find the
problem
> though.  Something in the dist directory must have been messed up.  I
> tried deleting everything in there and then the code started working.
I
> am running the newest py2exe 0.6.3, does py2exe sometimes have
problems
> with the dist directory being corrupted?
>=20
> Rob Campbell

I have seen problems before that were fixed by removing the build and
dist directories. I haven't seen the problem repeat so I haven't looked
into it.

Jimmy