Re: HOST_NAME_MAX on HP-NonStop

[Bruno Haible]

Joachim Schmitz wrote:
> Good question. In config.h I can only see:
> 
> #define HOST_NAME_MAX
> 
> So it gets #define'd but with no value
> ...
> Possibly because it does not #include <arpa/nameser.h>

<arpa/nameser.h> is such a rarely included header file that we can ignore
it here, and simply use a fallback of 256 (which is the maximum value of
MAXHOSTNAMELEN on any platform). I'm applying this:


2010-12-24  Bruno Haible  <address@hidden>

        gethostname: Provide a fallback for HOST_NAME_MAX.
        * m4/gethostname.m4 (gl_FUNC_GETHOSTNAME): When neither HOST_NAME_MAX
        nor MAXHOSTNAMELEN is found in the usual system headers, use 256
        instead.
        Reported by Joachim Schmitz <address@hidden>.

--- m4/gethostname.m4.orig      Fri Dec 24 13:51:48 2010
+++ m4/gethostname.m4   Fri Dec 24 13:50:52 2010
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# gethostname.m4 serial 9
-dnl Copyright (C) 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+# gethostname.m4 serial 10
+dnl Copyright (C) 2002, 2008-2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 dnl This file is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 dnl gives unlimited permission to copy and/or distribute it,
 dnl with or without modifications, as long as this notice is preserved.
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@
 #if HAVE_NETDB_H
 # include <netdb.h>
 #endif
-])
+],
+          [dnl The system does not define MAXHOSTNAMELEN in any of the common
+           dnl headers. Use a safe fallback.
+           gl_cv_decl_HOST_NAME_MAX=256
+          ])
       fi
     fi
   ])