Re: get-host-name uses MAXHOSTNAMELEN

[Martin Gasbichler <gasbichl@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Andreas Voegele <voegelas@gmx.net> writes:

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> I'm trying to build scsh on a GNU/Hurd system.  Since POSIX does not
> specify MAXHOSTNAMELEN the Hurd does not define this value, which is
> used by s48_get_host_name() in c/unix/socket.c.
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> I've modified s48_get_host_name() so that the host name is temporarily
> stored in a dynamically allocated variable.  The attached patch is
> based on code from libinetutils/localhost.c (see
> http://www.gnu.org/software/inetutils/).
>

I know about this patch and I am certainly willing to apply it if
there is a complete port to Hurd.

-- 
Martin