Ok...this may work. We completely changed the way Bu::Socket resolves

addresses.  Windows wouldn't work with the other way at all.  But, fortunately,
this seems to work, it does more for us, and it looks pretty cute.

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/src/socket.cpp b/src/socket.cpp
index 77485aa..53b6522 100644
--- a/src/socket.cpp
+++ b/src/socket.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ Bu::Socket::Socket( int nSocket ) :
 
 Bu::Socket::Socket( const Bu::FString &sAddr, int nPort, int nTimeout )
 {
-        struct sockaddr_in xServerName;
         bActive = false;
      
         /* Create the socket. */
@@ -74,27 +73,33 @@ Bu::Socket::Socket( const Bu::FString &sAddr, int nPort, int nTimeout )
         /* Connect to the server. */
         //printf("Resolving hostname (%s)...\n", sAddr );
         {
-                struct hostent *hostinfo;
+                struct addrinfo *pAddr = NULL;
+                struct addrinfo aiHints;
+                memset( &aiHints, 0, sizeof(addrinfo) );
+                aiHints.ai_flags = AI_CANONNAME;
+                aiHints.ai_family = AF_INET;
+                aiHints.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+                char ibuf[10]; 
+                sprintf( ibuf, "%d", nPort );
      
-                xServerName.sin_family = AF_INET;
-                xServerName.sin_port = DYNLOAD htons( nPort );
-                hostinfo = DYNLOAD gethostbyname( sAddr.getStr() );
-                if (hostinfo == NULL)
+                if( DYNLOAD getaddrinfo( sAddr.getStr(), ibuf, &aiHints, &pAddr )
+                        != 0 )
                 {
-                        throw Bu::SocketException("Couldn't resolve hostname.\n");
+                        throw Bu::SocketException("Couldn't resolve hostname %s (%s).\n",
+                                sAddr.getStr(), strerror(errno));
                 }
-                xServerName.sin_addr = *(struct in_addr *) hostinfo->h_addr;
+
+                DYNLOAD connect(
+                        nSocket,
+                        pAddr->ai_addr,
+                        pAddr->ai_addrlen
+                        );
+
+                sAddress = pAddr->ai_canonname;
+
+                DYNLOAD freeaddrinfo( pAddr );
         }
 
-        //printf("Making actual connection...");
-        //fflush( stdout );
-        DYNLOAD connect(
-                nSocket,
-                (struct sockaddr *)&xServerName,
-                sizeof(xServerName)
-                );
-        //printf("Connected.\n");
-        
         bActive = true;
 
         if( nTimeout > 0 )