From 2d7219af102c0c59136f96e3b0891b3c11eaedb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: root <devnull@localhost>
Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 18:05:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] don't barf if we can't canonicalize the hostname

CVS patchset: 599
CVS date: 1996/06/02 18:05:36
---
 build/pack.c | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build/pack.c b/build/pack.c
index 5e094c1..29a4f87 100644
--- a/build/pack.c
+++ b/build/pack.c
@@ -1234,8 +1234,12 @@ static char *buildHost(void)
 
     if (! gotit) {
         gethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname));
-	hbn = gethostbyname(hostname);
-	strcpy(hostname, hbn->h_name);
+	if ((hbn = gethostbyname(hostname))) {
+	    strcpy(hostname, hbn->h_name);
+	} else {
+	    message(MESS_WARNING, "Could not canonicalize hostname: %s\n",
+		    hostname);
+	}
 	gotit = 1;
     }
     return(hostname);
-- 
2.7.4