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| -rw-r--r-- | ares/ares_gethostbyname.c | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ares/ares_gethostbyname.c b/ares/ares_gethostbyname.c index 8610cba63..7c39ad120 100644 --- a/ares/ares_gethostbyname.c +++ b/ares/ares_gethostbyname.c @@ -138,7 +138,11 @@ static void next_lookup(struct host_query *hquery, int status_code) case 'f': /* Host file lookup */ status = file_lookup(hquery->name, hquery->family, &host); - if (status != ARES_ENOTFOUND) + + /* this status check below previously checked for !ARES_ENOTFOUND, + but we should not assume that this single error code is the one + that can occur, as that is in fact no longer the case */ + if (status == ARES_SUCCESS) { end_hquery(hquery, status, host); return; |