merge with 1.10 + local build mods

diff --git a/lib/xgethostname.c b/lib/xgethostname.c
index 86408e775d8b1eb310b3a869b70e48a0f5639241..9973b45bedc6eb17f2f577e30f97794177c235b2 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/xgethostname.c
+++ b/lib/xgethostname.c
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ xgethostname ()
   int err;
 
   size = INITIAL_HOSTNAME_LENGTH;
+  hostname = xmalloc (size);
   while (1)
     {
-      hostname = xmalloc (size);
       hostname[size - 1] = '\0';
       err = gethostname (hostname, size);
-      if (err || hostname[size - 1] == '\0')
+      if (err == 0 && hostname[size - 1] == '\0')
        break;
       size *= 2;
       hostname = xrealloc (hostname, size);