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So I (claude) wrote a one liner script that imported the networking lib and performed the check instead
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In the thread “What Killed Perl?”
Helped: Generated a one-liner script using available networking library.
… The container authors decided not to provide /dev/tcp or curl, and I didn't want to add the extra headache of maintaining an upstream fork with curl, but they did include Perl. So I (claude) wrote a one liner script that imported the networking lib and performed the check instead. (Side note, I know "slim" containers are all the rage these days but please please please please just put curl in your unix containers or provide a script that lets me check the container health. …