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Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2003 19:31:05 -0400
From: Louis LeBlanc <freebsd@keyslapper.org>
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Subject: thread safety and host lookups
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Hey folks.  I'm working on a port from Solaris to FreeBSD.  For the
most part, things are pretty straightforward, but I can't seem to find
the details on thread safety for some system calls.

gethostbyname_r() is the thread safe call that replaces
gethostbyname() on Solaris.

Is there a similar alternative call in FreeBSD, or was the default
system call modified to ensure thread safety?

TIA
Lou
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