From b98b0e107f67055d20db6005b6dee676a79c06a7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>
Date: Fri, 20 May 1994 13:50:43 +0000
Subject: merge with 1.10 + local build mods

---
 lib/xgethostname.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'lib/xgethostname.c')

diff --git a/lib/xgethostname.c b/lib/xgethostname.c
index 86408e775..9973b45be 100644
--- a/lib/xgethostname.c
+++ b/lib/xgethostname.c
@@ -46,12 +46,12 @@ xgethostname ()
   int err;
 
   size = INITIAL_HOSTNAME_LENGTH;
+  hostname = xmalloc (size);
   while (1)
     {
-      hostname = xmalloc (size);
       hostname[size - 1] = '\0';
       err = gethostname (hostname, size);
-      if (err || hostname[size - 1] == '\0')
+      if (err == 0 && hostname[size - 1] == '\0')
 	break;
       size *= 2;
       hostname = xrealloc (hostname, size);
-- 
cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf