title: Mercurial hg clone error - "abort: error: Name or service not known"
body: <p>I have installed the latest hg package available for Fedora Linux. However, hg clone reports an error. </p>
  
  <pre><code>hg clone http://localmachine001:8000/ repository
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>reports: </p>
  
  <pre><code>"abort: error: Name or service not known"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>localmachine001 is a computer within the local network. I can ping it from my Linux box without any problems. I can also use the same http address and browse the existing code. However, hg clone does not work. </p>
  
  <p>If I execute the same command from my Macintosh machine, I can easily clone the repository. </p>
  
  <p>Some Internet resources recommend editing <code>.hgrc</code> file, and adding proxy to it: </p>
  
  <pre><code>[http_proxy]
  host=proxy:8080
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have tried that without any success. Also, I assume that proxy is not needed in this case, since the hg server machine is in my local network. </p>
  
  <p>Can anyone recommend me what should I do, or how could I track the problem?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you in advance.</p>