#endif
// the _r functions need the extra buffer parameter but unfortunately its type
-// differs between different systems
+// differs between different systems and for the systems which use opaque
+// structs for it (at least AIX and OpenBSD) it must be zero-filled before
+// being passed to the system functions
#ifdef HAVE_FUNC_GETHOSTBYNAME_R_3
- typedef hostent_data wxGethostBuf;
+ struct wxGethostBuf : hostent_data
+ {
+ wxGethostBuf()
+ {
+ memset(this, 0, sizeof(hostent_data));
+ }
+ };
#else
typedef char wxGethostBuf[1024];
#endif
#ifdef HAVE_FUNC_GETSERVBYNAME_R_3
- typedef servent_data wxGetservBuf;
+ struct wxGetservBuf : servent_data
+ {
+ wxGethostBuf()
+ {
+ memset(this, 0, sizeof(servent_data));
+ }
+ };
#else
typedef char wxGetservBuf[1024];
#endif