Re: [pcp] pmhostname failing - urgent

[Ken McDonell <kenj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 18/11/13 14:02, Nathan Scott wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> > ...
> > That 0x...7ffff address indicates that the "Unknown Host" string is
> > not coming from the heap, but from the executable's text/data section.
> > That makes no sense, looking at even 3.8.0..HEAD code, as
> > src/libpcp/src/auxconnect.c says:
> >
> > char *
> > __pmHostEntGetName(__pmHostEnt *he)
> > {
> >      if ... {
> >         if (he->name == NULL)
> >             he->name = "Unknown Host";
> >      }
> >      return strdup(he->name);
> > }
> ...
The real bug was close to here, but not exactly as I described ... see 
next commit batch from me.