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Subject: Re: gethostbyname() and fds >255 
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Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 01:08:36 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> For comparison, it works fine on BSD/OS 2.1.  Does it work in -current? 

It would appear to:

396: host = 198.161.84.2 (valis.worldgate.com)
397: host = 198.161.84.2 (valis.worldgate.com)
398: host = 198.161.84.2 (valis.worldgate.com)
399: host = 198.161.84.2 (valis.worldgate.com)
root@make-> uname -a
FreeBSD make.ican.net 3.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #0: Mon Jun 16 13:10:14 EDT 1997     jkh@make.ican.net:/a/local/src/sys/compile/MAKE  i386

It does indeed fall over on my 2.2-stable system.

						Jordan