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Subject: Re: problems and suggested fix for route (4.xBSD, x>=2)
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Date: Mon, 23-Feb-87 23:03:53 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 23 23:03:53 1987
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We modified gethostbyname() to first check to see if the name is a
valid dotted quad Internet address.  If it is, the function constructs
the appropriate structure with the name as the string dotted quad.

A nice side effect of this is that now all programs understand addresses
and can deal with them.

Another solution to Barry's problem is to simply compile those few programs
that really need to work without the nameserver (e.g., /etc/route,
/etc/ifconfig) with the libhostlib.a library that still reads /etc/hosts.

	Win Treese
	MIT Project Athena

Internet: treese@athena.MIT.EDU