Ganache returning error when eth_call to 0x000.... address is made

[Standaa]

Hello,
I am currently trying to test ENS on Ganache, to experiment with looking up and resolving Ethereum names.

When issuing this command :

curl http://127.0.0.1:7545 -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_call","params":[ { "to": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
       "data": "0x3b3b57de662d3563e6564618053f88c1af39ca668697f85405348d010b37e7fb9548a519" },
     "latest" ],"id":1}'

I get the following error :

ERROR Error: Attempting to run transaction which calls a contract function, but recipient address 0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 is not a contract address
    at getResult (json-rpc-provider.js:34)
    at XMLHttpRequest.request.onreadystatechange [as __zone_symbol__ON_PROPERTYreadystatechange] (provider.js:621)
    at XMLHttpRequest.wrapFn (zone.js:1188)
    at ZoneDelegate.invokeTask (zone.js:421)
    at Object.onInvokeTask (core.js:4751)
    at ZoneDelegate.invokeTask (zone.js:420)
    at Zone.runTask (zone.js:188)
    at ZoneTask.invokeTask [as invoke] (zone.js:496)
    at invokeTask (zone.js:1540)
    at XMLHttpRequest.globalZoneAwareCallback (zone.js:1566)

However, issuing the same command on Infura mainnet :

curl https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/MYAPIKEY -X POST --data '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_call","params":[ { "to": "0x0000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
       "data": "0x3b3b57de662d3563e6564618053f88c1af39ca668697f85405348d010b37e7fb9548a519" },
     "latest" ],"id":1}'

Yields the proper result :

{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":"0x"}

Expected Behavior

I expect the command to return an unresolved address in the form of "0x".

Current Behavior

Current behaviour returns an error and therefore crashes libraries abstracting the eth_call command. In my case Ethersjs.

Possible Solution

No idea how to fix it.

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

1. Install Ganache GUI / Cli
2. Deploy ENS contracts on your private testnet
3. Try to resolve a domain that is not in your deployed ENS registry

Context

Trying to have a local ENS testbed

Your Environment

• Version used: 1.2.1
• Environment name and version (e.g. PHP 5.4 on nginx 1.9.1): ?
• Operating System and version: Mac Os High Sierra

[davidmurdoch]

Thanks for the report, @stanislasdrg! We're tracking a related issue in trufflesuite/ganache#117

[benjamincburns]

Just tested this against current develop of ganache-cli and it's working as I would have expected. As a result I'm closing this - be on the lookout for the next release for the fix.