Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 13:42:22 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: $HOSTNAME doesn't override library code
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On Sun, 16 May 1999, Richard Dawe wrote:

> Currently libsocket's lsck_gethostname() will call DJGPP's
> gethostname() if it can't find it from the TCP/IP registry entries. If
> lsck_gethostname() is changed to gethostname() and overrides libc's, then
> I will have to include the libc code in libsocket's gethostname().

I think renaming to `gethostname' (and adding the libc code to it) is
a better way, because `gethostname' is more standardized.