Here's the patch which rips out the configure macros and the ifdefs in sa_common.c.
-- Jon Index: configure.in =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvspublic/apr/configure.in,v retrieving revision 1.425 diff -u -u -r1.425 configure.in --- configure.in 4 Apr 2002 21:35:43 -0000 1.425 +++ configure.in 24 Apr 2002 18:56:00 -0000 @@ -1519,8 +1519,6 @@ APR_CHECK_SOCKADDR_SA_LEN -APR_CHECK_GETHOSTBYNAME_NAS - dnl Check the types only if we have gethostbyname_r if test "$ac_cv_func_gethostbyname_r" = "yes"; then APR_CHECK_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_STYLE Index: build/apr_network.m4 =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvspublic/apr/build/apr_network.m4,v retrieving revision 1.15 diff -u -u -r1.15 apr_network.m4 --- build/apr_network.m4 24 Mar 2002 16:01:33 -0000 1.15 +++ build/apr_network.m4 24 Apr 2002 18:56:00 -0000 @@ -170,53 +170,6 @@ fi ]) - -dnl -dnl check for gethostbyname() which handles numeric address strings -dnl -AC_DEFUN(APR_CHECK_GETHOSTBYNAME_NAS,[ - AC_CACHE_CHECK(for gethostbyname() which handles numeric address strings, ac_cv_gethostbyname_nas,[ - AC_TRY_RUN( [ -#ifdef HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H -#include <sys/types.h> -#endif -#ifdef HAVE_NETINET_IN_H -#include <netinet/in.h> -#endif -#ifdef HAVE_ARPA_INET_H -#include <arpa/inet.h> -#endif -#ifdef HAVE_NETDB_H -#include <netdb.h> -#endif -#ifdef HAVE_STDLIB_H -#include <stdlib.h> -#endif -void main(void) { - struct hostent *he = gethostbyname("127.0.0.1"); - if (he == NULL) { - exit(1); - } - he = gethostbyname("255.255.255.255"); - if (he == NULL) { - exit(1); - } - else { - exit(0); - } -} -],[ - ac_cv_gethostbyname_nas="yes" -],[ - ac_cv_gethostbyname_nas="no" -],[ - ac_cv_gethostbyname_nas="yes" -])]) -if test "$ac_cv_gethostbyname_nas" = "yes"; then - AC_DEFINE(GETHOSTBYNAME_HANDLES_NAS, 1, [Define if gethostbyname() handles nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn]) -fi -]) - dnl dnl Checks the definition of gethostbyname_r and gethostbyaddr_r dnl which are different for glibc, solaris and assorted other operating Index: network_io/unix/sa_common.c =================================================================== RCS file: /home/cvspublic/apr/network_io/unix/sa_common.c,v retrieving revision 1.54 diff -u -u -r1.54 sa_common.c --- network_io/unix/sa_common.c 1 Apr 2002 14:13:45 -0000 1.54 +++ network_io/unix/sa_common.c 24 Apr 2002 18:56:01 -0000 @@ -417,7 +417,6 @@ family = APR_INET; /* we don't support IPv6 here */ } -#ifndef GETHOSTBYNAME_HANDLES_NAS if (*hostname >= '0' && *hostname <= '9' && strspn(hostname, "0123456789.") == strlen(hostname)) { struct in_addr ipaddr; @@ -426,7 +425,6 @@ save_addrinfo(p, *sa, ipaddr, port); } else { -#endif #if APR_HAS_THREADS && !defined(GETHOSTBYNAME_IS_THREAD_SAFE) && \ defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R) && !defined(BEOS) #if defined(GETHOSTBYNAME_R_HOSTENT_DATA) @@ -474,9 +472,7 @@ port); ++curaddr; } -#ifndef GETHOSTBYNAME_HANDLES_NAS } -#endif } else { (*sa)->pool = p;