* lisp/ffap.el (ffap-machine-p): Handle "not known" response.

Fixes: debbugs:14929

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index bd7c43983fe..a85c8c19546 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2013-07-24  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * ffap.el (ffap-machine-p): Handle "not known" response.  (Bug#14929)
+
 2013-07-24  Michael Albinus  <michael.albinus@gmx.de>
 
         * filenotify.el (file-notify-supported-p):
diff --git a/lisp/ffap.el b/lisp/ffap.el
index 0769469cbf2..70096248e19 100644
--- a/lisp/ffap.el
+++ b/lisp/ffap.el
@@ -459,7 +459,8 @@ Returned values:
            (let ((mesg (car (cdr error))))
              (cond
               ;; v18:
-              ((string-match "^Unknown host" mesg) nil)
+              ((string-match "\\(^Unknown host\\|Name or service not known$\\)"
+                             mesg) nil)
               ((string-match "not responding$" mesg) mesg)
               ;; v19:
               ;; (file-error "connection failed" "permission denied"