Hi! Unfortunately FreeBSD 5.0-release still has this bug. Patch follows. Kay --- hints/freebsd.sh~ Wed Dec 11 12:29:50 2002 +++ hints/freebsd.sh Thu Mar 6 22:53:42 2003 @@ -220,7 +220,8 @@ fi ldflags="-pthread $ldflags" case "$osvers" in - 4.*) # 4.x has gethostbyaddr_r but it is + 4.*|5.0-release*) + # 4.x and 5.0-release have gethostbyaddr_r but it is # "Temporary function, not threadsafe"... d_gethostbyaddr_r="undef" d_gethostbyaddr_r_proto="undef"Thread Next