Commit e7ce27a2 authored by Daniel Stenberg's avatar Daniel Stenberg
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Linux name resolving problem fixed with larger name-buffer

parent ad692ba1

lib/url.c

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@@ -644,9 +644,11 @@ CURLcode curl_connect(CURL *curl, CURLconnect **in_connect) 
  struct UrlData *data = curl;

  struct connectdata *conn;



  /* I believe the longest possible name in a DNS is set to 255 letters, FQDN

     so this should be safe: */

  char hostent_buf[512];

  /* I believe the longest possible name in a DNS is set to 255 letters, FQDN.

     Although the buffer required for storing all possible aliases and IP

     numbers is according to Stevens' Unix Network Programming 2nd editor,

     p. 304: 8192 bytes. Let's go with that! */

  char hostent_buf[8192];



  if(!data || (data->handle != STRUCT_OPEN))

    return CURLE_BAD_FUNCTION_ARGUMENT; /* TBD: make error codes */