world.Export() on a invalid (nxdomain) hostname sleeps forever

ID:2593106
 
Jul 23 2020, 4:27 pm
BYOND Version:513.1527
Operating System:Linux
Web Browser:Chrome 84.0.4147.89
Applies to:Dream Daemon
Status: Open
Issue hasn't been assigned a status value.
Descriptive Problem Summary:
Running world.Export() on a non-existent hostname will sleep forever, blocking the caller unless they used spawn or set waitfor = false.

Issue presented in our linux test server, but may not be linux only.

Presented on byond:// urls, may or may not apply to other urls.