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Re: [Mutt] #3298: Mutt's way to get the FQDN is broken

#3298: Mutt's way to get the FQDN is broken
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  Reporter:  vinc17  |       Owner:  mutt-dev
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  major   |   Milestone:          
 Component:  mutt    |     Version:  1.5.20  
Resolution:          |    Keywords:          
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Comment(by Vincent Lefevre):

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 On 2009-07-23 00:37:30 -0000, Mutt wrote:

 I don't know, but note that the gethostbyaddr(3) man page under Linux
 says:

 CONFORMING TO
        POSIX.1-2001 specifies gethostbyname(), gethostbyaddr(),
        sethostent(), endhostent(), gethostent(), and h_errno;
        gethostbyname(), gethostbyaddr(), and h_errno are marked
        obsolescent in that standard. POSIX.1-2008 removes the
        specifications of gethostbyname(), gethostbyaddr(), and
        h_errno, recommending the use of getaddrinfo(3) and
        getnameinfo(3) instead.

 So, I'd say that it's better to use getaddrinfo() when available.
 Possibly look at the source of the hostname utility.
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