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robh:
> I think this was fixed in 0.8.14, if not...

> > Symptoms:
> > --
> > In util.c:get_virthost_addr() if : hep = gethostbyname(w); returns NULL the following code core dumps. This happens when a virtual host in httpd.conf is garbage.
> > --
> >
> > Backtrace:


0.8.14 carries the following code:

...

hep = gethostbyname(w);

if ((!hep) || (hep->h_addrtype != AF_INET || !hep->h_addr_list[0])) {
fprintf (stderr, "Cannot resolve host name %s --- exiting!\n", w);
exit(1);
}

...

Which catches the bug.

Ay.