Resolver doesn't like 1.2.3.04 in /etc/hosts

Paul T. Root ptroot at iaces.com
Thu Oct 27 05:46:34 PDT 2005



Jan Grant wrote:
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> On Thu, 27 Oct 2005, Paul T. Root wrote:
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>>man inet_addr
>>
>>and you'll find:
>>
>>All numbers supplied as ``parts'' in a `.' notation may be decimal,
>>octal, or hexadecimal, as specified in the C language (i.e., a leading
>>0x or 0X implies hexadecimal; otherwise, a leading 0 implies octal;
>>otherwise, the number is interpreted as decimal).
>>
>>
>>So a leading zero means hex. Stop trying to make it look pretty.
>>
>>Standards are a good thing and need to be followed.
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> 
> I also found:
> 
> [[[
> STANDARDS
>      The inet_ntop() and inet_pton() functions conform to X/Open Networking
>      Services Issue 5.2 (``XNS5.2'').  Note that inet_pton() does not accept
>      1-, 2-, or 3-part dotted addresses; all four parts must be specified and
>      are interpreted only as decimal values.  This is a narrower input set
>      than that accepted by inet_aton().
> ]]]
> 
> on that same man page :-)

Sure but the hosts(5) man page says that it follows inet_addr(3) spec.
Sorry, I neglected to put that little leap in.


> Cheers,
> jan
> 
> PS. I only raised the issue in case anyone else was bitten by it (which 
> is why a PR might be handy). Having "fixed" /etc/hosts, I don't think 
> this is worth wasting more energy on.

Yeah, you're right there.

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