>David is correct. h_errno is defined as extern int in
>gethostnamadr.c. As such, it's inappropriate to define it with
>that malloc. I suppose the malloc does compile because a
>pointer type is also an int.
>
>You're also somewhat correct because the Be version of
>h_errno is not int. It's also not * int though, at least in
>netdb.h.
>It is defined as a macro, #define'd to a call to a no-argument
>function, _h_errnop. This is similar to the definition of errno
>in errno.h.
>
>Andrew
>
What is the appropriate way to do it? The malloc call compiles, and
fixes the segmentation violations. The code is failing when
attempting to assign values (i.e h_errno = NETDB_SUCCESS)to h_errno...
Thanks,
Brennan
