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1 files changed, 15 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/lib/Sys/Hostname.pm b/lib/Sys/Hostname.pm
index 4d93f91f9e..63415a6bfe 100644
--- a/lib/Sys/Hostname.pm
+++ b/lib/Sys/Hostname.pm
@@ -74,25 +74,19 @@ sub hostname {
# method 2 - syscall is preferred since it avoids tainting problems
eval {
local $SIG{__DIE__};
- {
- package main;
- require "syscall.ph";
- }
+ require "syscall.ph";
$host = "\0" x 65; ## preload scalar
- syscall(&main::SYS_gethostname, $host, 65) == 0;
+ syscall(&SYS_gethostname, $host, 65) == 0;
}
# method 2a - syscall using systeminfo instead of gethostname
# -- needed on systems like Solaris
|| eval {
local $SIG{__DIE__};
- {
- package main;
- require "sys/syscall.ph";
- require "sys/systeminfo.ph";
- }
+ require "sys/syscall.ph";
+ require "sys/systeminfo.ph";
$host = "\0" x 65; ## preload scalar
- syscall(&main::SYS_systeminfo, &main::SI_HOSTNAME, $host, 65) != -1;
+ syscall(&SYS_systeminfo, &SI_HOSTNAME, $host, 65) != -1;
}
# method 3 - trusty old hostname command
@@ -102,13 +96,21 @@ sub hostname {
$host = `(hostname) 2>/dev/null`; # bsdish
}
- # method 4 - sysV uname command (may truncate)
+ # method 4 - use POSIX::uname(), which strictly can't be expected to be
+ # correct
+ || eval {
+ local $SIG{__DIE__};
+ require POSIX;
+ $host = (POSIX::uname())[1];
+ }
+
+ # method 5 - sysV uname command (may truncate)
|| eval {
local $SIG{__DIE__};
$host = `uname -n 2>/dev/null`; ## sysVish
}
- # method 5 - Apollo pre-SR10
+ # method 6 - Apollo pre-SR10
|| eval {
local $SIG{__DIE__};
($host,$a,$b,$c,$d)=split(/[:\. ]/,`/com/host`,6);