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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/gethostid.c b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/gethostid.c
index 5a3309266e..a413a50308 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/gethostid.c
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/gethostid.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1991, 92, 93, 94, 96 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -17,17 +17,19 @@ not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave,
Cambridge, MA 02139, USA. */
#include <ansidecl.h>
-#include <errno.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <hurd.h>
+#include "hurdhost.h"
/* Return the current machine's Internet number. */
long int
DEFUN_VOID(gethostid)
{
- int hostid;
- error_t err;
- if (err = __USEPORT (PROC, __proc_gethostid (port, &hostid)))
- return __hurd_fail (err);
- return hostid;
+ /* The hostid is just the contents of the file /etc/hostid,
+ kept as text of hexadecimal digits. */
+ char buf[8];
+ ssize_t n = _hurd_get_host_config ("/etc/hostid", buf, sizeof buf);
+ if (n < 0)
+ return -1;
+ return strtol (buf, NULL, 16);
}