Re: [Gaim-devel] Resolving IP addresses in Gaim

[Gary K. <gr...@re...>]

Mark Doliner wrote:

<snip>

>> Why do we need a thread?  Can't we use a watcher or listener in our ma=
in
>> loop?
>=20
> We use either getaddrinfo() or gethostbyname(), and they are both block=
ing.
>=20
> -Mark

I haven't looked at the changes, but I hope, now that it's threaded that
we're using gethostbyname_r or gethostbyname2_r, since the man page says:

      The  functions  gethostbyname()  and gethostbyaddr() may return
pointers to static data, which
       may be overwritten by later calls. Copying the struct hostent
does not suffice, since it  con=E2=80=90
       tains pointers; a deep copy is required.

This of course, is implementation specific.

--=20
Gary Kramlich <gr...@re...>