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date 2010-2-21
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title Cygwin Error: Could not resolve hostname X: Non-recoverable failure in name resolution

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I've been getting this error a lot in Cygwin on Windows 7:

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 Could not resolve hostname X: Non-recoverable failure in name resolution

It happens a lot when I run a deploy script or git push. Haven't found a solution yet, and am trying to track one down.

The problem is this bug is hard to reproduce. It happens only 5-10% of the time.

Edit #1:
 <a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb727005.aspx">Helpful article from Microsoft on Host Name Resolution</a>

Edit #2:
 Upon closer examination, it seems this error only happens with ssh:

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 ssh: Could not resolve hostname X: Non-recoverable failure in name resolution

That's narrowed it down a bit but still no solution. Sadly because it only happens once or twice out of 10-20 times I run the "ssh" command, it's taking longer to pin down.

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