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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: hostname() used in KApplication::launcher
From:       Geert Jansen <g.t.jansen () stud ! tue ! nl>
Date:       2000-07-18 12:17:36
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David Faure wrote:
> Got this again today:
> "moreover the dcop problem has definitively something to do with
> hostname resolution, the desktop crash at launch on my morning test
> because the DNS does not resolved my hostname. When I add
> it in my /etc/hosts, It launches."
>
> Is it ok if I change
>
>    if (gethostname(host, 200) == -1) {
>       kdDebug(101) << "gethostname(): " << strerror(errno) << "\n";
>       return 0;
>    }
>
> into
>
>   if (gethostname(host, 200) == -1) {
>       host = strcpy("localhost");
>    }

Hi David,

although using localhost is better than not using the launcher at all, I 
think it's his system that is broken. gethostname() shouldn't do DNS at 
all, it should return the hostname which is stored in the kernel by 
sethostname().

Greetings,
Geert

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