I would say no. Where is h_errno implemented? It is defined as external to gethostnamadr.c and it is defined as extern int h_errno; not extern int * h_errno; Cheers David > Team, > > I fixed the issue with segmentation violations when resolving > hostnames > to IP addresses using /etc/hosts. However, I don't really know if it > is a proper fix. As you know, only the first line of /etc/hosts > would > work. If the host name was on any line after 1, or was not in > /etc/hosts, or if /etc/hosts did not exist, you would get a > segmentation violation. After much hunting around and dead ends, I > found that adding the following line to the gethostbyname(const char > *name) function in gethostnamadr.c as the first executable line of > code > seems to fix the issue: > > h_errno = (int *)malloc(sizeof(int)); > > If you agree this is an actual fix, and not a workaround for a larger > problem that I'm not seeing, go ahead and submit it. > > Thanks, > > Brennan > > Cheers David -- The National Short-Sleeved Shirt Association says: Support your right to bare arms!