gethostbyname(3) doesn't appear to work under NetBSD-5.2 and NetBSD-6.1.x when hostnames appear only in /etc/hosts

[Brian Buhrow <buhrow%nfbcal.org@localhost>]

        hello.  It appears that gethostbyname(3) in NetBSD-5.2 and 6.1.x is
broken if the name you're trying to fetch is listed in /etc/hosts and 
nowhere else.  The problem appears to be with this change:


RCS file: /cvsroot/src/lib/libc/net/gethnamaddr.c

revision 1.73.18.3
date: 2013-12-23 23:12:44 +0000;  author: riz;  state: Exp;  lines: +10 -7;  
commitid: QLuYhA2iZpQzpjix;
Apply patch (requested by bad in ticket #1887):

src/lib/libc/net/getaddrinfo.c r1.106:
this is supposed to be re-entrant, call don't call __hostalias that uses
a static buffer.

src/lib/libc/net/gethnamaddr.c r1.85:
- don't clobber hp in the RES_USE_INET6 case
- increment naddrs in the yp case
- don't use __hostalias(), it is not thread-safe.

This should finish addressing PR lib/46454
----------------------------

Here are some scripts that demonstrate the problem.  Note I've only shown
the issue under NetbSD-5.1 and 5.2, but NetBSD-6.1.x exhibits the
NetBSD-5.2 broken behavior.

good script started on Wed Jun 18 23:35:48 2014
stats# uname -a
NetBSD stats 5.1_STABLE NetBSD 5.1_STABLE (X2200) #0: Mon Mar 18 11:05:41 PDT 
2013  
buhrow%lothlorien.nfbcal.org@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/X2200 i386
stats# ident /lib/libc.so.12.164 |grep 'gethnamaddr'
     $NetBSD: gethnamaddr.c,v 1.73 2007/01/27 22:27:35 christos Exp $
stats# cat /etc/hosts |tail -1
192.168.3.1     this_host_only_in_etc_hosts.via.net this_host_only_in_etc_hosts
stats# getent hosts this_host_only_in_etc_hosts
192.168.3.1     this_host_only_in_etc_hosts.via.net this_host_only_in_etc_hosts
stats# exit

bad script started on Wed Jun 18 23:38:58 2014
mirkwood# 
mirkwood# uname -a
NetBSD mirkwood.nfbcal.org 5.2_STABLE NetBSD 5.2_STABLE (RBL) #0: Mon Mar 24 
21:42:05 PDT 2014  
buhrow%lothlorien.nfbcal.org@localhost:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/RBL i386
mirkwood# ident /lib/libc.so.12.164 |grep 'gethnamaddr'
     $NetBSD: gethnamaddr.c,v 1.73.18.3 2013/12/23 23:12:44 riz Exp $
mirkwood# cat /etc/hosts |tail -1
192.168.3.1     this_host_only_in_etc_hosts.via.net this_host_only_in_etc_hosts
mirkwood# getent hosts this_host_only_in_etc_hosts
mirkwood# exit


        I'm not familiar enough with the libc resolver code to feel confident
enough to make a commitable fix.  Has anyone else run into this behavior?
Even better, has anyone found a fix?
-thanks
-brian