hostnames resolving problem

[Clemens Fischer]

* Kelly Yancey:

> diff -u -p -r1.4.2.17 ipfw2.c
> --- ipfw2.c	25 Jul 2003 08:23:07 -0000      1.4.2.17
> +++ ipfw2.c	29 Aug 2003 19:14:33 -0000
> @@ -1879,6 +1879,10 @@ lookup_host (char *host, struct in_addr
>  		if ((he = gethostbyname(host)) == NULL)
>  			return(-1);
>  		*ipaddr = *(struct in_addr *)he->h_addr_list[0];
> +		if (he->h_addr_list[1] != NULL) {
> +			warn("%s resolved to multiple addresses, only using %s",
> +			     host, inet_ntoa(*ipaddr));
> +		}

that would not be my cup of tea, because by this ipfw(8) becomes
"unscriptable", ie. i'd have to grep(1) for messages and start from
scratch again.  i guess this problem should be detected and handled
ahead of running ipfw(8).  note that you can always use `-p
preprocessor' for this.

  clemens