Re: bug in gethostbyname_r?

[Thorsten Kukuk]

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> I suspect a bug in the gethostbyname_r function in glibc.  I have
> attached test code that demonstrates that using the normal
> (non-reentrant) gethostbyname all is well, but using
> gethostbyname_r fails.

> I will try to dig into the library code itself as time allow, but
> wanted to bring this issue to light.

> I'm running on a stock SuSE linux 6.2 box with libc.so.6.

> Is it me, or should this code work fine?

It is a very old and fixed glibc bug (for over one year) in the 
libnss_dns module. You can find an update for SuSE Linux 6.2 on 
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/a1 or mirrors.

  Thorsten

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