Bug #44690 for Sphinx-Search: 'Bad arg length for Socket::pack_sockaddr_in' error when host is empty or not in DNS

Mon Mar 30 23:16:12 2009 gmayes [...] vmware.com - Ticket created

Subject:	'Bad arg length for Socket::pack_sockaddr_in' error when host is empty or not in DNS
Date:	Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:15:48 -0700
To:	"bug-Sphinx-Search [...] rt.cpan.org" <bug-Sphinx-Search [...] rt.cpan.org>
From:	Geoff Mayes <gmayes [...] vmware.com>

Hi Jon, When the host passed to ->SetServer is empty or does not resolve in DNS, the following error is generated by our Bugzilla installation via Apache: "Bad arg length for Socket::pack_sockaddr_in, length is 0, should be 4 at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/Socket.pm line 373." I can workaround this by only doing a Sphinx::Search if $host is non-empty and Net::Ping tells me the host is alive, but could this be something that Sphinx::Search handles directly? Thanks and regards, Geoff Mayes == ENVIRONMENT == OS: CentOS release 5.2 (Final) Kernel: Linux gmayes-bz3.eng.vmware.com 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 #1 SMP Tue Dec 16 12:03:43 EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux Module version: Module id = Sphinx::Search DESCRIPTION Perl API client for Sphinx search engine CPAN_USERID JJSCHUTZ (Jon Schutz <CENSORED>) CPAN_VERSION 0.15 CPAN_FILE J/JJ/JJSCHUTZ/Sphinx-Search-0.15.tar.gz DSLI_STATUS bdpO (beta,developer,perl,object-oriented) MANPAGE Sphinx::Search - Sphinx search engine API Perl client INST_FILE /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Sphinx/Search.pm INST_VERSION 0.12 Sphinx searchd version: 0.9.8-1 Perl version: Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration: Platform: osname=linux, osvers=2.6.18-53.1.14.el5pae, archname=i386-linux-thread-multi uname='linux builder16.centos.org 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5pae #1 smp wed mar 5 12:07:47 est 2008 i686 athlon i386 gnulinux ' config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -Dversion=5.8.8 -Dmyhostname=localhost -Dperladmin=root@localhost -Dcc=gcc -Dcf_by=Red Hat, Inc. -Dinstallprefix=/usr -Dprefix=/usr -Darchname=i386-linux -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dsiteprefix=/usr -Duseshrplib -Dusethreads -Duseithreads -Duselargefiles -Dd_dosuid -Dd_semctl_semun -Di_db -Ui_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Di_shadow -Di_syslog -Dman3ext=3pm -Duseperlio -Dinstallusrbinperl=n -Ubincompat5005 -Uversiononly -Dpager=/usr/bin/less -isr -Dd_gethostent_r_proto -Ud_endhostent_r_proto -Ud_sethostent_r_proto -Ud_endprotoent_r_proto -Ud_setprotoent_r_proto -Ud_endservent_r_proto -Ud_setservent_r_proto -Dinc_version_list=5.8.7 5.8.6 5.8.5 -Dscriptdir=/usr/bin' hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=define useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef Compiler: cc='gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm', optimize='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables', cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/gdbm' ccversion='', gccversion='4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)', gccosandvers='' intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12 ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 alignbytes=4, prototype=define Linker and Libraries: ld='gcc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib' libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib libs=-lresolv -lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc perllibs=-lresolv -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc libc=/lib/libc-2.5.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so gnulibc_version='2.5' Dynamic Linking: dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE' cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -L/usr/local/lib' Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API Built under linux Compiled at Sep 17 2008 13:37:09 @INC: /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 .

Mon Mar 30 23:35:29 2009 jon [...] jschutz.net - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #44690] 'Bad arg length for Socket::pack_sockaddr_in' error when host is empty or not in DNS
Date:	Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:55:23 +0930
To:	bug-Sphinx-Search [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Jon Schutz <jon [...] jschutz.net>

Hi Geoff, I'll look into the error, but I'm surprised you have anything working at all as Sphinx::Search version 0.15 is not compatible with searchd version 0.9.8. Have you tried Sphinx::Search version 0.12? Regards, -- Jon Schutz My tech notes http://notes.jschutz.net Chief Technology Officer http://www.youramigo.com YourAmigo On Mon, 2009-03-30 at 23:16 -0400, Geoff Mayes via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> Mon Mar 30 23:16:12 2009: Request 44690 was acted upon. > Transaction: Ticket created by gmayes@vmware.com > Queue: Sphinx-Search > Subject: 'Bad arg length for Socket::pack_sockaddr_in' error when host is empty or not in DNS > Broken in: (no value) > Severity: (no value) > Owner: Nobody > Requestors: gmayes@vmware.com > Status: new > Ticket <URL: http://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=44690 > > > > Hi Jon, > > When the host passed to ->SetServer is empty or does not resolve in DNS, the following error is generated by our Bugzilla installation via Apache: > "Bad arg length for Socket::pack_sockaddr_in, length is 0, should be 4 at /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/Socket.pm line 373." > > I can workaround this by only doing a Sphinx::Search if $host is non-empty and Net::Ping tells me the host is alive, but could this be something that Sphinx::Search handles directly? > > Thanks and regards, Geoff Mayes > > == ENVIRONMENT == > > OS: > CentOS release 5.2 (Final) > > Kernel: > Linux gmayes-bz3.eng.vmware.com 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 #1 SMP Tue Dec 16 12:03:43 EST 2008 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux > > Module version: > Module id = Sphinx::Search > DESCRIPTION Perl API client for Sphinx search engine > CPAN_USERID JJSCHUTZ (Jon Schutz <CENSORED>) > CPAN_VERSION 0.15 > CPAN_FILE J/JJ/JJSCHUTZ/Sphinx-Search-0.15.tar.gz > DSLI_STATUS bdpO (beta,developer,perl,object-oriented) > MANPAGE Sphinx::Search - Sphinx search engine API Perl client > INST_FILE /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/Sphinx/Search.pm > INST_VERSION 0.12 > > Sphinx searchd version: > 0.9.8-1 > > Perl version: > Summary of my perl5 (revision 5 version 8 subversion 8) configuration: > Platform: > osname=linux, osvers=2.6.18-53.1.14.el5pae, archname=i386-linux-thread-multi > uname='linux builder16.centos.org 2.6.18-53.1.14.el5pae #1 smp wed mar 5 12:07:47 est 2008 i686 athlon i386 gnulinux ' > config_args='-des -Doptimize=-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -Dversion=5.8.8 -Dmyhostname=localhost -Dperladmin=root@localhost -Dcc=gcc -Dcf_by=Red Hat, Inc. -Dinstallprefix=/usr -Dprefix=/usr -Darchname=i386-linux -Dvendorprefix=/usr -Dsiteprefix=/usr -Duseshrplib -Dusethreads -Duseithreads -Duselargefiles -Dd_dosuid -Dd_semctl_semun -Di_db -Ui_ndbm -Di_gdbm -Di_shadow -Di_syslog -Dman3ext=3pm -Duseperlio -Dinstallusrbinperl=n -Ubincompat5005 -Uversiononly -Dpager=/usr/bin/less -isr -Dd_gethostent_r_proto -Ud_endhostent_r_proto -Ud_sethostent_r_proto -Ud_endprotoent_r_proto -Ud_setprotoent_r_proto -Ud_endservent_r_proto -Ud_setservent_r_proto -Dinc_version_list=5.8.7 5.8.6 5.8.5 -Dscriptdir=/usr/bin' > hint=recommended, useposix=true, d_sigaction=define > usethreads=define use5005threads=undef useithreads=define usemultiplicity=define > useperlio=define d_sfio=undef uselargefiles=define usesocks=undef > use64bitint=undef use64bitall=undef uselongdouble=undef > usemymalloc=n, bincompat5005=undef > Compiler: > cc='gcc', ccflags ='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -I/usr/include/gdbm', > optimize='-O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables', > cppflags='-D_REENTRANT -D_GNU_SOURCE -fno-strict-aliasing -pipe -Wdeclaration-after-statement -I/usr/local/include -I/usr/include/gdbm' > ccversion='', gccversion='4.1.2 20071124 (Red Hat 4.1.2-42)', gccosandvers='' > intsize=4, longsize=4, ptrsize=4, doublesize=8, byteorder=1234 > d_longlong=define, longlongsize=8, d_longdbl=define, longdblsize=12 > ivtype='long', ivsize=4, nvtype='double', nvsize=8, Off_t='off_t', lseeksize=8 > alignbytes=4, prototype=define > Linker and Libraries: > ld='gcc', ldflags =' -L/usr/local/lib' > libpth=/usr/local/lib /lib /usr/lib > libs=-lresolv -lnsl -lgdbm -ldb -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc > perllibs=-lresolv -lnsl -ldl -lm -lcrypt -lutil -lpthread -lc > libc=/lib/libc-2.5.so, so=so, useshrplib=true, libperl=libperl.so > gnulibc_version='2.5' > Dynamic Linking: > dlsrc=dl_dlopen.xs, dlext=so, d_dlsymun=undef, ccdlflags='-Wl,-E -Wl,-rpath,/usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/CORE' > cccdlflags='-fPIC', lddlflags='-shared -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32 -march=i386 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables -L/usr/local/lib' > > > Characteristics of this binary (from libperl): > Compile-time options: MULTIPLICITY PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT > PERL_MALLOC_WRAP USE_ITHREADS USE_LARGE_FILES > USE_PERLIO USE_REENTRANT_API > Built under linux > Compiled at Sep 17 2008 13:37:09 > @INC: > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i386-linux-thread-multi > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux-thread-multi > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 > /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7/i386-linux-thread-multi > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6/i386-linux-thread-multi > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5/i386-linux-thread-multi > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8 > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.7 > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.6 > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.5 > /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl > /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi > /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 > .

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Tue Mar 31 01:39:40 2009 gmayes [...] vmware.com - Correspondence added

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On Mon Mar 30 23:35:29 2009, jon@jschutz.net wrote: Show quoted text

> Hi Geoff, > > I'll look into the error, but I'm surprised you have anything working

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> all as Sphinx::Search version 0.15 is not compatible with searchd > version 0.9.8. Have you tried Sphinx::Search version 0.12?

Hi Jon, I'm very appreciative of your quick reply! It was confusing of me to include the full CPAN output of i /Sphinx::Search/ (which lists the available version 0.15 first and the installed version 0.12 last) instead of simply stating that I'm using version 0.12. My apologies. Thank you, Geoff

Wed Apr 08 09:15:36 2009 jon.schutz [...] youramigo.com - Correspondence added

Subject:	Re: [rt.cpan.org #44690] 'Bad arg length for Socket::pack_sockaddr_in' error when host is empty or not in DNS
Date:	Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:45:11 +0930
To:	bug-Sphinx-Search [...] rt.cpan.org
From:	Jon Schutz <Jon.Schutz [...] YourAmigo.com>

Hi Geoff, Sorry about the version 0.12/0.15 confusion; I should have read it more carefully. I have been able to reproduce your error on 0.9.8.1 + 0.12. Please find attached a patch for Sphinx-Search-0.12 that will fix this issue. The socket code was reworked post-0.12; later versions (and now the patched 0.12) also produce an error, but don't die. The error can be captured at the application level by code such as: if (! $sphinx->Query('a')) { .. handle error ... } Of course, the alternative to upgrading or applying the patch is to change your application code to: eval { $sphinx->Query(...) } HTH. Regards, -- Jon Schutz My tech notes http://notes.jschutz.net Chief Technology Officer http://www.youramigo.com YourAmigo On Tue, 2009-03-31 at 01:39 -0400, Geoff Mayes via RT wrote: Show quoted text

> Queue: Sphinx-Search > Ticket <URL: https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=44690 > > > On Mon Mar 30 23:35:29 2009, jon@jschutz.net wrote:

> > Hi Geoff, > > > > I'll look into the error, but I'm surprised you have anything working

> at

> > all as Sphinx::Search version 0.15 is not compatible with searchd > > version 0.9.8. Have you tried Sphinx::Search version 0.12?

> > Hi Jon, > > I'm very appreciative of your quick reply! It was confusing of me to > include the full CPAN output of i /Sphinx::Search/ (which lists the > available version 0.15 first and the installed version 0.12 last) > instead of simply stating that I'm using version 0.12. My apologies. > > Thank you, Geoff

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