fix code for certain types of /etc/hosts files

1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/util/resolver_api.c b/src/util/resolver_api.c
index b86e5c666..cc81aa6b8 100644
--- a/src/util/resolver_api.c
+++ b/src/util/resolver_api.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ GNUNET_RESOLVER_ip_get (struct GNUNET_SCHEDULER_Handle *sched,
   v6.sin6_len = sizeof(v6);
 #endif
   /* first, check if this is a numeric address */
-  if ( ( (domain == AF_UNSPEC) ||(domain == AF_INET) ) && 
+  if ( ( (domain == AF_UNSPEC) || (domain == AF_INET) ) && 
        (0 == inet_pton (AF_INET,
                         hostname,
                         &v4.sin_addr)) )
@@ -319,7 +319,17 @@ GNUNET_RESOLVER_ip_get (struct GNUNET_SCHEDULER_Handle *sched,
       callback (callback_cls,
                 (const struct sockaddr*) &v4,
                 sizeof(v4));
-      callback (callback_cls, NULL, 0);
+      if ( (domain == AF_UNSPEC) && 
+           (0 == inet_pton (AF_INET6,
+                            hostname,
+                            &v6.sin6_addr)) )
+        {
+          /* this can happen on some systems IF "hostname" is "localhost" */
+          callback (callback_cls,
+                    (const struct sockaddr*) &v6,
+                    sizeof(v6));
+        }
+      callback (callback_cls, NULL, 0);      
       return;
     }
   if ( ( (domain == AF_UNSPEC) ||(domain == AF_INET) ) &&