On Wed, 14 May 2008, Jeff Weber wrote:

> libraries: curl-7.18.1, libssh2-0.18,

> If I start the test with no network connection, [and not using DNS names], it
> hangs every time. Here's a backtrace of the hung thread:
>
> (gdb) thread 3
> [Switching to thread 3 (Thread 16386 (LWP 6805))]#0 0x4024e2da in poll ()
> from /lib/libc.so.6
> (gdb) bt
> #0 0x4024e2da in poll () from /lib/libc.so.6
> #1 0x0806c037 in Curl_socket_ready (readfd=-1, writefd=6, timeout_ms=299998)
> at select.c:218
> #2 0x080643ac in waitconnect (sockfd=6, timeout_msec=299998) at connect.c:260

Ouch. It shouldn't wait that blocking in there. It should only wait for 1
second, call the progress callback and then get back to the waiting...

Will you be able to write up a patch?

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