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-rw-r--r--lib/hostip4.c9
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lib/hostip4.c b/lib/hostip4.c
index cdc01a47c..284ed0b7c 100644
--- a/lib/hostip4.c
+++ b/lib/hostip4.c
@@ -355,13 +355,10 @@ Curl_addrinfo *Curl_getaddrinfo(struct connectdata *conn,
infof(data, "gethostbyname(2) failed for %s\n", hostname);
else {
/*
- * Copy the hostent struct right here, as the static one we got a
- * pointer to might get removed when we don't want/expect that. Windows
- * (other platforms?) also doesn't allow passing of the returned data
- * between threads, which thus the copying here them allows the app to
- * do.
+ * Translate the hostent to Curl_addrinfo and return the allocated
+ * data.
*/
- return Curl_addrinfo_copy(h);
+ return Curl_addrinfo_copy(h, port);
}
#endif /*HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R */
}