Re: inet_aton declaration broken, in_addr_t vs. int [50 character or so descriptive subject here (for reference)]

[Petter Reinholdtsen]

[Matthias Andree, 2003-02-22]
>>Description:
> The inet_aton declaration in line #74 of arpa/inet.h reads:
> /* Convert Internet host address from numbers-and-dots notation in CP
>  *    into binary data and store the result in the structure INP.  */
> extern in_addr_t inet_aton (__const char *__cp, struct in_addr *__inp) 
> __THROW;
>
> However, this function returns "int" on any other system I have access
> to, and according to the documentation.

You are right, and the fix was commited to CVS today:

  2004-07-22  GOTO Masanori  <address@hidden>

        [BZ #276]
        * include/arpa/inet.h: Change inet_aton type from in_addr_t to int.
        * inet/arpa/inet.h: Likewise.
        * resolv/inet_addr.c: Likewise.