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+require File.expand_path('../../../../spec_helper', __FILE__)
+require File.expand_path('../../fixtures/classes', __FILE__)
+
+describe "Socket::IPSocket#getaddress" do
+
+  it "returns the IP address of hostname" do
+    addr_local = IPSocket.getaddress(SocketSpecs.hostname)
+    ["127.0.0.1", "::1"].include?(addr_local).should == true
+  end
+
+  it "returns the IP address when passed an IP" do
+    IPSocket.getaddress("127.0.0.1").should == "127.0.0.1"
+    IPSocket.getaddress("0.0.0.0").should == "0.0.0.0"
+  end
+
+  # There is no way to make this fail-proof on all machines, because
+  # DNS servers like opendns return A records for ANY host, including
+  # traditionally invalidly named ones.
+  quarantine! do
+    it "raises an error on unknown hostnames" do
+      lambda {
+        IPSocket.getaddress("rubyspecdoesntexist.fallingsnow.net")
+      }.should raise_error(SocketError)
+    end
+  end
+
+end