commit 05c8232dbcf47be592b1b7216b76a5180a88a9c3
author Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> Thu May 14 21:27:08 2009 +0000
committer Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> Thu May 14 21:27:08 2009 +0000
tree f5867609d49eb8c1785aecb52c3a2e57b3797882
parent b7489a94efd170244a3282025c8bbf7cb1e4eec7

Merged revisions 72640 via svnmerge from
svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk

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  r72640 | antoine.pitrou | 2009-05-14 23:22:08 +0200 (jeu., 14 mai 2009) | 5 lines

  Issue #1664: Make nntplib IPv6-capable. Patch by Derek Morr.

  (Unfortunately, nntplib doesn't have a test suite)
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Lib/nntplib.py

diff --git a/Lib/nntplib.py b/Lib/nntplib.py
index cc51d1d..f519b06 100644
--- a/Lib/nntplib.py
+++ b/Lib/nntplib.py
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@
         """
         self.host = host
         self.port = port
-        self.sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
-        self.sock.connect((self.host, self.port))
+        self.sock = socket.create_connection((host, port))
         self.file = self.sock.makefile('rb')
         self.debugging = 0
         self.welcome = self.getresp()