[issue17293] uuid.getnode() MAC address on AIX

[koobs]

koobs added the comment:

I only attached the 2.7 build log because the failures from 3.4 and 3.x are identical, copying them here for completeness:

>From 3.4: 

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ERROR: test_arp_getnode (test.test_uuid.TestUUID)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/python/3.4.koobs-freebsd10/build/Lib/test/test_uuid.py", line 324, in test_arp_getnode
    node = uuid._arp_getnode()
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/python/3.4.koobs-freebsd10/build/Lib/uuid.py", line 364, in _arp_getnode
    ip_addr = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
socket.gaierror: [Errno 8] hostname nor servname provided, or not known

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Ran 18 tests in 0.209s

>From 3.x:


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ERROR: test_arp_getnode (test.test_uuid.TestUUID)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/python/3.x.koobs-freebsd10/build/Lib/test/test_uuid.py", line 325, in test_arp_getnode
    node = uuid._arp_getnode()
  File "/usr/home/buildbot/python/3.x.koobs-freebsd10/build/Lib/uuid.py", line 362, in _arp_getnode
    ip_addr = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
socket.gaierror: [Errno 8] hostname nor servname provided, or not known

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