Resolver doesn't like 1.2.3.04 in /etc/hosts

[Mark Andrews]

> I don't know whether this is worth filing a PR for, but it seems the 
> resolver no longer likes leading zeroes in an IP4 address in /etc/hosts.
> The change (in 5- ) appeared sometime in the last month or two.
> 
> Personally I'm inclined to view this as a regression although it's 
> simple enough to work around.

	Leading zeros are ambigious.  Some platforms treat them as octal
	others treat them as decimal.

	Mark

> Cheers,
> jan
> 
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