bug#12893: 24.2.50; url-retrieve fails for localhost

[Dmitry Gutov]

I have an HTTP server running, started from an inferior process.

If I evaluate (switch-to-buffer (url-retrieve-synchronously
"http://localhost:24959/classes";)), it brings me to an empty buffer
which has "failed" in the mode line.

If I call the asynchronous version, it passes this into the callback:

((:error (error connection-failed failed with code 111
 :host localhost :service 24959)))

Strangely, it works if I replace "localhost" with "127.0.0.1" or even
"localhost.localdomain". But neither Firefox nor curl have a problem
with reading from the first version of the URL.

In GNU Emacs 24.2.50.1 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.6.0)
 of 2012-11-15 on vbx
Bzr revision: 110872 rgm@gnu.org-20121115061756-ncyfcon4pkq7ku57
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11300000
System Description:     Ubuntu 12.10

Important settings:
  value of $LC_MONETARY: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LC_TIME: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t

Major mode: Emacs-Lisp

Minor modes in effect:
  recentf-mode: t
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  helm-match-plugin-mode: t
  elisp-slime-nav-mode: t
  paredit-mode: t
  global-undo-tree-mode: t
  undo-tree-mode: t
  global-diff-hl-mode: t
  diff-hl-mode: t
  diff-auto-refine-mode: t
  savehist-mode: t
  yas-global-mode: t
  yas-minor-mode: t
  global-auto-revert-mode: t
  autopair-global-mode: t
  cua-mode: t
  winner-mode: t
  ido-ubiquitous-mode: t
  ido-everywhere: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  global-ethan-wspace-mode: t
  ethan-wspace-mode: t
  ethan-wspace-clean-many-nls-eof-mode: t
  ethan-wspace-clean-no-nl-eof-mode: t
  ethan-wspace-clean-eol-mode: t
  ethan-wspace-clean-tabs-mode: t
  eproject-mode: t
  eldoc-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  font-lock-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  auto-fill-function: do-auto-fill
  transient-mark-mode: t

Recent input:
<M-return> <M-return> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-1> <down-mouse-1> 
<mouse-1> <M-return> C-x C-g C-x C-g C-; g e m f <return> 
M-: <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> 
<up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <up> <down> <return> 
<up> <end> <home> q M-x r v m <return> M-: <up> <up> 
<down> <return> <help-echo> <down-mouse-1> <mouse-movement> 
<mouse-1> M-x z o s s i m a <return> M-x z o s s i 
m a - j u m p <return> <down> M-x <return> C-g M-x 
f i n d - l i b <return> z o s s i m a <return> <up> 
<left> <left> <left> <left> <left> <C-backspace> <C-backspace> 
<C-backspace> <C-backspace> <C-backspace> <C-backspace> 
<C-backspace> l o c a l h o s t C-M-x C-x C-s <C-tab> 
M-. <up> <up> M-. <C-tab> <help-echo> <help-echo> M-x 
r e <return>

Recent messages:
zossima.el [Gemfile] -scratch-
Contacting host: localhost:24959
save-current-buffer: Search failed: "

"
Contacting host: localhost:24959
save-current-buffer: Search failed: "

"
Gemfile [zossima.el] -scratch-

Load-path shadows:
/home/gutov/.emacs.d/site-lisp/smartrep.el/smartrep hides 
~/.emacs.d/site-lisp/smartrep
/home/gutov/.emacs.d/elpa/magit-20121014.1043/.dir-locals hides 
/home/gutov/emacs-bzr/emacs-24/lisp/gnus/.dir-locals

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