net package test hangs connecting unavailable server

[garyburd]

The net package test hangs when trying to connect to 74.125.19.99:80.  I tested the
address with telnet from two different network connections (verizon, comcast) and found
that telnet also hangs.

I am guessing that the data center at 74.125.19.99 is down for scheduled maintenance. 
The tests should be updated to use the address of a service without scheduled downtime.

I am willing to submit a CL if somebody can provide a good IP address to use.

[gopherbot]

Comment 1 by justin.d.poliey:

I am also experiencing this issue, for what it's worth:
~/g/src> hg identify
d8ba80011a98 release.2011-01-20/release

[gopherbot]

Comment 2 by m4cpunk:

I had this same issue. I know it's a workaround but for now you can set
DISABLE_NET_TESTS to 1 and it will happily compile.
$ export DISABLE_NET_TESTS=1
$ ./all.bash

[gopherbot]

Comment 3 by eklitzke:

I just ran into this. It appears that 74.125.19.99 was previously an address for
www.google.com, and some tests have this IP hardcoded into them. For instance, there's
some code in ./src/pkg/net/timeout_test.go like this:
func TestTimeoutTCP(t *testing.T) {
    // 74.125.19.99 is www.google.com.
    // could use dns, but dns depends on
    // timeouts and this is the timeout test.
    testTimeout(t, "tcp", "74.125.224.49:80", false)
}   
See also ./src/pkg/net/dialgoogle_test.go. I wonder if a more "permanent" IP could be
used for this purpose.

[garyburd]

Comment 4:

This was fixed.
http://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=4e936318f783014935e94c169bcffabdb4ab335e

[garyburd]

Comment 5:

This issue was fixed.
http://code.google.com/p/go/source/detail?r=4e936318f783014935e94c169bcffabdb4ab335e

[robpike]

Comment 6:

Status changed to Fixed.