On 30 May 1999, Matthias Scheler wrote:

: if a host has multiple entries in "/etc/hosts" right now gethostbyname()
: returns only the first IP address. I think about enhancing _gethtbyname2()
: to build a "struct hostent *" with all IP addresses. To maintain backward
: compatibility the IP addresses will be in exact the same order as in
: "/etc/hosts". Opinions?

`struct hostent' already allows for an address *list*.  Why the need for
another call?

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