Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 04:00:04 -0800 (PST) From: sperber@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor]) To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/17406: nis in /etc/host.conf breaks network programs Message-ID: <200003191200.EAA55820@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/17406; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: sperber@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de (Michael Sperber [Mr. Preprocessor])
To: Yoshinobu Inoue <shin@nd.net.fujitsu.co.jp>
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, sheldonh@uunet.co.za
Subject: Re: conf/17406: nis in /etc/host.conf breaks network programs
Date: 19 Mar 2000 12:59:23 +0100
>>>>> "YI" == Yoshinobu Inoue <shin@nd.net.fujitsu.co.jp> writes:
>> >Description:
>> Putting nis anywhere in /etc/host.conf makes basically every network
>> program (like ftp or telnet) segfault upon startup.
>> >How-To-Repeat:
>> Put nis in /etc/host.conf, do ftp ftp.freebsd.org.
>> >Fix:
YI> I confirmed that the problem also happens in my environment,
YI> and the attached patch fixed it in my environment. Could you
YI> please try this patch, and try ftp or telnet again after
YI> rebuilded and reinstalled src/lib/libc?
YI> Thanks,
YI> Yoshinobu Inoue
YI> Index: name6.c
YI> ===================================================================
YI> RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/lib/libc/net/name6.c,v
YI> retrieving revision 1.6
YI> diff -u -r1.6 name6.c
YI> --- name6.c 2000/03/09 22:52:30 1.6
YI> +++ name6.c 2000/03/16 15:08:32
YI> @@ -840,7 +840,7 @@
YI> static struct hostent *
YI> _nis_ghbyname(const char *name, int af, int *errp)
YI> {
YI> - struct hostent *hp;
YI> + struct hostent *hp = NULL;
YI> if (af == AF_INET) {
YI> hp = _gethostbynisname(name, af);
That fixes it, indeed.
Thanks!
--
Cheers =8-} Mike
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