In article <Pine.NEB.4.10.9905301931340.24827-100000@server.duh.org>,
	Todd Vierling <tv@pobox.com> writes:
>: 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?

I don't want to invent another call. I want to enhance the existing
implementation of _gethtbyname2(). Actually it calls _gethostent()
which parse a single line until it finds a match.

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Matthias Scheler                                http://home.owl.de/~tron/