[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Hostname problems (PR#555)

[gs234@xxxxxxxxx (Gaute B. Strokkenes)]

Reinier Post <rp@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Sun, Sep 10, 2000 at 11:13:08AM -0700, Jesse Strock wrote:
> > When I run a Freeciv server and it shows up on the metaserver list, I
> > click on it to join and it gives me a invalid hostname message. The only
> > way I can join is by typing in the IP address manually. While I have no
> > problem doing this I think it deters other people from joining games I
> > want to start. My hostname is usually something like:
> > 1ter-76-38.l-speed.com
> > Does the Freeciv client just not like my hostname? Is there anyway I can
> > report it to the meatserver as my IP instead of my hostname? I think it
> > might be a bug. Thanks,
> 
> This must mean your hostname cannot be resolved elsewhere, i.e. the DNS
> (IP address <-> hostname mapping) service for your domain is out of order.
> 
> Dynamic IP addresses are not normally a problem.

Somewhere in Freeciv there is a piece of code that assumes that any
hostname starting with a digit is an actual IP address (that is, four
numbers seperated by dots.)  I dunno if this is the problem here,
since I don't have access to the code right now.  I submitted a patch
to fix this and some other problems a while ago.

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