Re: x* functions

[Neal H Walfield <neal@cs.uml.edu>]

>   Is there any place that will list the x* functions such as
> xmalloc, xrealloc.  Are these functions actually in any libraries
> or would a programmer have to create a file for each program that 
> has each of these functions?

A programmer would have to write them explicitly.

>   Which list would a question like this go on?

debian-hurd is fine as this is a porting question.

>   Also libaries-1.1.1-1: bug #112991

This is ok, however, you have changed the coding style, which is bad.
Additionally, you could use xgethostname (found at:
ftp://walfield.org/people/neal/xgethostname), which was designed for
this purpose and should always do the Right Thing.