File multitail-getaddrinfo.patch of Package multitail

--- cmdline.c.orig	2012-01-01 12:48:44.644473139 +0100
+++ cmdline.c	2012-01-01 13:17:50.776411019 +0100
@@ -182,11 +182,16 @@
 
 void add_redir_to_socket(char filtered, char *prio, char *fac, char *address, redirect_t **predir, int *n_redirect)
 {
-	struct hostent *hp;
 	char *local_address = mystrdup(address, __FILE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
 	char *colon = strchr(local_address, ':');
 	int prio_nr = -1, fac_nr = -1;
 	int loop;
+    char* node;
+    char* service;
+    struct addrinfo hints;
+    struct addrinfo* result;
+    struct addrinfo* rp;
+    int s, sfd;
 
 	*predir = (redirect_t *)myrealloc(*predir, (*n_redirect) * sizeof(redirect_t), __FILE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
 
@@ -199,21 +204,44 @@
 
 	(*predir)[*n_redirect].redirect = mystrdup(address, __FILE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
 
-	(*predir)[*n_redirect].fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
-	if ((*predir)[*n_redirect].fd == -1)
-		error_exit(__FILE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__, "Cannot create socket for redirecting via syslog protocol.\n");
-	
-	memset(&(*predir)[*n_redirect].sai, 0x00, sizeof((*predir)[*n_redirect].sai));
-	(*predir)[*n_redirect].sai.sin_family = AF_INET;
 	if (colon)
 	{
 		*colon = 0x00;
-		(*predir)[*n_redirect].sai.sin_port = atoi(colon + 1);
+		node = local_address;
+		service = colon + 1;
 	}
 	else
-		(*predir)[*n_redirect].sai.sin_port = 514;
-	hp = gethostbyname(local_address);
-	memcpy(&(*predir)[*n_redirect].sai.sin_addr.s_addr, hp -> h_addr, hp -> h_length);
+	{
+		node = local_address;
+		service = "syslog";
+	}
+
+	memset(&hints, 0x00, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
+	hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+	hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;
+	hints.ai_flags = 0;
+	hints.ai_protocol = 0;
+
+	s = getaddrinfo(node, service, &hints, &result);
+	if (s != 0)
+		error_exit(__FILE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__, "Cannot create socket for redirecting via syslog protocol: %s.\n", gai_strerror(s));
+
+	for (rp = result; rp != NULL; rp = rp -> ai_next)
+	{
+		sfd = socket(rp -> ai_family, rp -> ai_socktype, rp -> ai_protocol);
+		if (sfd == -1)
+		    continue;
+		if (connect(sfd, rp -> ai_addr, rp -> ai_addrlen) != -1)
+		    break;
+		close(sfd);
+	}
+
+	freeaddrinfo(result);
+
+	if (rp == NULL)
+		error_exit(__FILE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__, "Cannot create socket for redirecting via syslog protocol.\n");
+
+	(*predir)[*n_redirect].fd = sfd;
 	
 	for(loop=0; loop<8; loop++)
 	{
--- mt.c.orig	2012-01-01 13:07:22.315433377 +0100
+++ mt.c	2012-01-01 13:17:29.752411767 +0100
@@ -2295,31 +2295,54 @@
 			{
 				char *dummy = mystrdup(cur -> filename, __FILE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
 				char *colon = strchr(dummy, ':');
-				struct sockaddr_in sa;
-				socklen_t ssai_len = sizeof(sa);
-				char *host = "0.0.0.0";
-				int port = 514;
+				struct addrinfo hints;
+				struct addrinfo* result;
+				struct addrinfo* rp;
+				int sfd, s;
 
-				cur -> wfd = cur -> fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
-				if (cur -> fd == -1)
-					error_exit(__FILE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__, "Failed to create socket for receiving syslog data.\n");
+				char *host = NULL;
+				char *service = "syslog";
 
 				if (colon)
 				{
-					port = atoi(colon + 1);
-					if (port <= 0)
-						error_exit(__FILE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__, "--[Ll]isten requires a >= 0 portnumber.\n");
+					service = colon + 1;
 					*colon = 0x00;
 					if (colon > dummy)
 						host = dummy;
 				}
 
-				memset(&sa, 0x00, ssai_len);
-				sa.sin_family = AF_INET;
-				sa.sin_port   = htons(port);
-				sa.sin_addr.s_addr = inet_addr(host);
-				if (bind(cur -> fd, (struct sockaddr *)&sa, ssai_len) == -1)
-					error_exit(__FILE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__, "Failed to bind socket to %s.\n", cur -> filename);
+				memset(&hints, 0x00, sizeof(struct addrinfo));
+				hints.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+				hints.ai_socktype = SOCK_DGRAM;
+				hints.ai_flags = AI_PASSIVE;
+				hints.ai_protocol = 0;
+				hints.ai_canonname = NULL;
+				hints.ai_addr = NULL;
+				hints.ai_next = NULL;
+
+				s = getaddrinfo(host, service, &hints, &result);
+				if (s != 0)
+					error_exit(__FILE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__, "Failed to create socket for receiving syslog data on %s: %s.\n", cur -> filename, gai_strerror(s));
+
+				for (rp = result; rp != NULL; rp = rp -> ai_next)
+				{
+					sfd = socket(rp -> ai_family, rp -> ai_socktype, rp -> ai_protocol);
+					if (sfd == -1)
+						continue;
+					if (bind(sfd, rp -> ai_addr, rp -> ai_addrlen) == 0)
+						break;
+					close(sfd);
+				}
+
+				freeaddrinfo(result);
+
+				if (rp == NULL)
+					error_exit(__FILE__, __PRETTY_FUNCTION__, __LINE__, "Failed to create socket for receiving syslog data on %s.\n", cur -> filename);
+
+				cur -> wfd = cur -> fd = sfd;
+
+				cur -> wfd = cur -> fd = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+				if (cur -> fd == -1)
 
 				myfree(dummy);