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A patched version of socket.getfqdn() based on the patch provided in cpython#49254
import socket
# patched socket.getfqdn() - see https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/49254
def getfqdn(name=''):
"""Get fully qualified domain name from name.
An empty argument is interpreted as meaning the local host.
"""
name = name.strip()
if not name or name == '0.0.0.0':
name = socket.gethostname()
try:
addrs = socket.getaddrinfo(name, None, 0, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, 0, socket.AI_CANONNAME)
except socket.error:
pass
else:
for addr in addrs:
if addr[3]:
name = addr[3]
break
return name
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