Re: Problem with gethostbyaddr while trying to run commercial app
Im not practically sure, i encountered this problem a long time ago.
try changing your hostname to 127.0.0.1
and re-run your app.
ty,
louie at chikka dot com
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Subject: Problem with gethostbyaddr while trying to run commercial app
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to get a commercial application which was originally intended
> for Redhat 6.2 to work on Woody.
>
> It complines that gethostbyaddr() cannot find the local machine's
hostname.
> The box is set up correctly and from
> strace I can see that it looks in the right files and actually reads the
> data.
>
> I seem to remember that the problem is libc version related. Could anyone
> confirm or assist?
>
> Regards,
> Alwyn Schoeman
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