Yes, configure is run with --enable-hostnames which doesn't even appear to be valid so it may be somehow setting --disable-hostnames?. Thanks for the report.
** Changed in: tsocks (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Confirmed -- hostnames not accepted in tsocks.conf https://launchpad.net/bugs/1170 -- universe-bugs mailing list universe-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/universe-bugs