From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 13:50:55 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: merge with 1.10 + local build mods
X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=789070f68be27d11c93d5792c14ba9d830cbfa08;p=pspp

merge with 1.10 + local build mods
---

diff --git a/lib/xgethostname.c b/lib/xgethostname.c
index 86408e775d..9973b45bed 100644
--- 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);