mod_fastcgi doesn not accept hostnames for 'host'. This is not according to Docs:ModFastCGI

[ahaikens@…]

Docs:ModFastCGI says you can use a hostname for host. This is not the case when I use a valid hostname in my configuration. In fcgi_establish_connection() you get the message:

"converting IP address failed for", host->host, "\nBe sure to specify an IP address here");

I use version 1.4.18.

Is there a reason why init_aton() is used iso gethostbyname() or getaddrinfo()?

[ahaikens@…]

patch to resolve hostname with getaddrinfo(). But there seems to be a bug in getaddrinfo() because strangely on my system it does not work on every hostname.

[Olaf van der Spek]

Is there a reason why init_aton() is used iso gethostbyname() or getaddrinfo()?

Maybe because it is non-blocking while the other two are blocking.