Update Changes

[perl5.git] / ext / Socket / Socket.xs

diff --git a/ext/Socket/Socket.xs b/ext/Socket/Socket.xs
index 48f30d9..f86c5ae 100644 (file)
--- a/ext/Socket/Socket.xs
+++ b/ext/Socket/Socket.xs
@@ -233,7 +233,8 @@ inet_aton(host)
        struct hostent * phe;
        int ok = (*host != '\0') && inet_aton(host, &ip_address);
 
-       if (!ok && (phe = gethostbyname(host))) {
+       if (!ok && (phe = gethostbyname(host)) &&
+                       phe->h_addrtype == AF_INET && phe->h_length == 4) {
                Copy( phe->h_addr, &ip_address, phe->h_length, char );
                ok = 1;
        }