Re: bug in hostname

[Bruno Haible]

Paul Jarc wrote:
> When it comes to DNS, there can be multiple names, but there need not
> be any "primary" name among them.  There can be, and often is, but
> it's also possible that all may have equal standing.

Then why is does gethostbyname() return one of the names as h->h_name,
and the others as h->h_aliases[] ? What's the criterion that makes h->h_name
the "primary" one?

Bruno