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1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libmysql/libmysql.c b/libmysql/libmysql.c
index 3c8ac9f3387..aa169335dfb 100644
--- a/libmysql/libmysql.c
+++ b/libmysql/libmysql.c
@@ -1596,6 +1596,18 @@ mysql_connect(MYSQL *mysql,const char *host,
/*
+ The following union is used to force a struct to be double allgined.
+ This is to avoid warings with gethostname_r() on Linux itanium systems
+*/
+
+typedef union
+{
+ double tmp;
+ char buff[GETHOSTBYNAME_BUFF_SIZE];
+} gethostbyname_buff;
+
+
+/*
Note that the mysql argument must be initialized with mysql_init()
before calling mysql_real_connect !
*/
@@ -1766,8 +1778,8 @@ mysql_real_connect(MYSQL *mysql,const char *host, const char *user,
{
int tmp_errno;
struct hostent tmp_hostent,*hp;
- char buff2[GETHOSTBYNAME_BUFF_SIZE];
- hp = my_gethostbyname_r(host,&tmp_hostent,buff2,sizeof(buff2),
+ gethostbyname_buff buff2;
+ hp = my_gethostbyname_r(host,&tmp_hostent,buff2.buff,sizeof(buff2),
&tmp_errno);
if (!hp)
{