Re: incorrect return value in gethostbyname_r() ?

[Greg Herlein]

OK, then tell me where the correct documentation is.  I am using:

http://www.gnu.org/manual/glibc-2.0.6/html_chapter/libc_25.html#SEC443

I'd love to know what you are referring to.  

Greg

On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Thorsten Kukuk wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Sat, Oct 28, Greg Herlein wrote:
> 
> > The code below illustrates a problem I have found with
> > gethostbyname_r().  It is returning NSS_STATUS_NOTFOUND but does
> > in fact have an answer.
> 
> gethostbyname_r() does not return NSS_* values. From the documentation:
> 
>   If an error occurs or if no entry is found, the pointer
>   `*RESULT' is a null pointer.  Success is signalled by a zero
>   return value.  If the function failed the return value is an 
>   error number.
> 
> Your program is wrong.
> 
>   Thorsten
> 
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