# Recvfrom broken on mswin32? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [March 2, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recvfrom-broken-on-mswin32/87377 "2007-03-02T02:55:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2007, 2:55am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recvfrom-broken-on-mswin32/87377/1 "2007-03-02T02:55:20Z")
> ruby -v > ruby 1.8.5 (2006-12-25 patchlevel 12) [i386-mswin32] I’m also running on windows vista, but I don’t know if this is an issue on the overall mswin32-x86 platform. I’m getting an error when trying to recvfrom on a TCP Socket. The code looks as follows: listen\_socket = TCPSocket.new(“127.0.0.1”,5000) (data,host) = listen\_socket.recvfrom( 1024 ) running this code (it’s in my unit test) yields: SocketError: getnameinfo: ai\_family not supported. ./lib/juggernaut.rb:42:in `recvfrom’ Any idea why this might be occurring? Is it due to something related to IPv6 support? ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recvfrom-broken-on-mswin32/87377/2 "2007-03-03T01:35:56Z")
Anybody out there? I don’t want this to get too buried. ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recvfrom-broken-on-mswin32/87377/3 "2007-03-03T01:41:56Z")
On 3/2/07, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Anybody out there? I don’t want this to get too buried. 22 hours is not enough time to warrant a bump. If you suspect a Ruby bug, I suggest raising the issue on ruby-core (a lower traffic environment) or just filing a bug report on the Rubyforge project. -austin ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recvfrom-broken-on-mswin32/87377/4 "2007-03-05T20:25:38Z")
Okay, where is the ruby-core discussion? I see a read-only forum on [ruby-form.org](http://ruby-form.org). ---
**Author:** ![casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@casper\_the\_ghost](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/casper_the_ghost)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/recvfrom-broken-on-mswin32/87377/5 "2007-03-05T20:58:46Z")
On 3/5/07, removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > Okay, where is the ruby-core discussion? I see a read-only forum on > [ruby-form.org](http://ruby-form.org). Try going to [ruby-lang.org](http://ruby-lang.org); you’ll be introduced to the mailing lists. -austin