only have the h_addr field in their struct hostent.
host_info.h_name = 0;
host_info.h_aliases = 0;
host_info.h_addrtype = AF_INET;
- host_info.h_addr_list = &(addr_list[0]);
- addr_list[0] = (char*)(&numeric_addr);
+#ifdef h_addr
+ /* Older machines have only one address slot called h_addr.
+ Newer machines have h_addr_list, but #define h_addr to
+ be its first element. */
+ host_info.h_addr_list = &(addr_list[0]);
+#endif
+ host_info.h_addr = (char*)(&numeric_addr);
addr_list[1] = 0;
host_info.h_length = strlen (addr_list[0]);
}