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Subject: misc/18824: gethostbyname is not thread safe
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>Number:         18824
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       gethostbyname is not thread safe
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Thu May 25 23:50:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Gene Sokolov
>Release:        2.2.8-4.0
>Organization:
>Environment:
>Description:
The gethostbyname() is not thread safe. It causes lock ups if compiled with threads. It would be helpful if this is mentioned in the docs or if a thread-safe version is provided (gethostbyname_r ?)
>How-To-Repeat:
man gethostbyname
try to find any mention of threads on the page.
>Fix:


>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
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