[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #9998: cURL DNS Lookup timeout; Plugin and Update Download Fail

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#9998: cURL DNS Lookup timeout; Plugin and Update Download Fail
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 Reporter:  carltonbale   |       Owner:  dd32                                                         
     Type:  defect (bug)  |      Status:  new                                                          
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  Unassigned                                                   
Component:  HTTP          |     Version:  2.7.1                                                        
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  cURL, dns lookup, plugin download fail, "name lookup timeout"
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Comment(by dd32):

 Unfortunately this is due to a buggy cURL Extension on some hosts,
 particually within europe i believe.

 There is nothing wordpress can do to test for it it seems.

 The only available option is to re-order the tests for the HTTP API, so
 that hopefully, cURL isnt used at all, unless absolutely required.

 I'd be +1 for changing it to this order:
 {{{
 HTTP Extension
 FSockopen
 Curl
 Streams
 FOpen
 }}}

 fsockopen was used extensivly before the HTTP API was introduced, and had
 few incompatibilities, while it wasnt always right.. it was more than
 often more reliable than cURL.

 jacobsantos? Any feedback on that?

 Setting to Future release pending a commitable patch and discussion of
 what the best approach is.

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