$NetBSD: patch-aa,v 1.1 1999/09/07 13:22:00 is Exp $
--- netcat.c.original	Tue Sep  7 14:33:35 1999
+++ netcat.c	Tue Sep  7 14:35:50 1999
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@
   struct in_addr iaddr;
   register HINF * poop = NULL;
   register int x;
+  int rc;
 
 /* I really want to strangle the twit who dreamed up all these sockaddr and
    hostent abstractions, and then forced them all to be incompatible with
@@ -361,9 +362,9 @@
     bail ("gethostpoop fuxored");
   strcpy (poop->name, unknown);		/* preload it */
 /* see wzv:workarounds.c for dg/ux return-a-struct inet_addr lossage */
-  iaddr.s_addr = inet_addr (name);
+  rc = inet_aton(name, &iaddr);
 
-  if (iaddr.s_addr == INADDR_NONE) {	/* here's the great split: names... */
+  if (rc == 0) {	/* here's the great split: names... */
     if (numeric)
       bail ("Can't parse %s as an IP address", name);
     hostent = gethostbyname (name);