don't use -lxnet for now, it is one huge porting nightmare...

configure

 #! /bin/sh
 
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.14 
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.15 
 
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated automatically using autoconf version 2.12 
@@ -1290,57 +1290,8 @@ fi
 fi
 
 
-case "$host" in
-	mips-sgi-irix*)
-		;;
-	*)
-		echo $ac_n "checking for socket in -lxnet""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1299: checking for socket in -lxnet" >&5
-ac_lib_var=`echo xnet'_'socket | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
-if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var'+set}'`\" = set"; then
-  echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
-else
-  ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
-LIBS="-lxnet  $LIBS"
-cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1307 "configure"
-#include "confdefs.h"
-/* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
-/* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
-    builtin and then its argument prototype would still apply.  */
-char socket();
-
-int main() {
-socket()
-; return 0; }
-EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:1318: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest; then
-  rm -rf conftest*
-  eval "ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var=yes"
-else
-  echo "configure: failed program was:" >&5
-  cat conftest.$ac_ext >&5
-  rm -rf conftest*
-  eval "ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var=no"
-fi
-rm -f conftest*
-LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
-
-fi
-if eval "test \"`echo '$ac_cv_lib_'$ac_lib_var`\" = yes"; then
-  echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
-    ac_tr_lib=HAVE_LIB`echo xnet | sed -e 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]/_/g' \
-    -e 'y/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/'`
-  cat >> confdefs.h <<EOF
-#define $ac_tr_lib 1
-EOF
-
-  LIBS="-lxnet $LIBS"
-
-else
-  echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
 echo $ac_n "checking for socket in -lsocket""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1344: checking for socket in -lsocket" >&5
+echo "configure:1295: checking for socket in -lsocket" >&5
 ac_lib_var=`echo socket'_'socket | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
@@ -1348,7 +1299,7 @@ else
   ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
 LIBS="-lsocket  $LIBS"
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1352 "configure"
+#line 1303 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
 /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
@@ -1359,7 +1310,7 @@ int main() {
 socket()
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:1363: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest; then
+if { (eval echo configure:1314: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var=yes"
 else
@@ -1374,7 +1325,7 @@ LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
 fi
 if eval "test \"`echo '$ac_cv_lib_'$ac_lib_var`\" = yes"; then
   echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
-    ac_tr_lib=HAVE_LIB`echo socket | sed -e 's/^a-zA-Z0-9_/_/g' \
+    ac_tr_lib=HAVE_LIB`echo socket | sed -e 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]/_/g' \
     -e 'y/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/'`
   cat >> confdefs.h <<EOF
 #define $ac_tr_lib 1
@@ -1386,8 +1337,8 @@ else
   echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
 fi
 
-		    echo $ac_n "checking for inet_ntoa in -lnsl""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1391: checking for inet_ntoa in -lnsl" >&5
+echo $ac_n "checking for inet_ntoa in -lnsl""... $ac_c" 1>&6
+echo "configure:1342: checking for inet_ntoa in -lnsl" >&5
 ac_lib_var=`echo nsl'_'inet_ntoa | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
@@ -1395,7 +1346,7 @@ else
   ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
 LIBS="-lnsl  $LIBS"
 cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1399 "configure"
+#line 1350 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* Override any gcc2 internal prototype to avoid an error.  */
 /* We use char because int might match the return type of a gcc2
@@ -1406,7 +1357,7 @@ int main() {
 inet_ntoa()
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:1410: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest; then
+if { (eval echo configure:1361: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_lib_$ac_lib_var=yes"
 else
@@ -1421,7 +1372,7 @@ LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
 fi
 if eval "test \"`echo '$ac_cv_lib_'$ac_lib_var`\" = yes"; then
   echo "$ac_t""yes" 1>&6
-    ac_tr_lib=HAVE_LIB`echo nsl | sed -e 's/^a-zA-Z0-9_/_/g' \
+    ac_tr_lib=HAVE_LIB`echo nsl | sed -e 's/[^a-zA-Z0-9_]/_/g' \
     -e 'y/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/'`
   cat >> confdefs.h <<EOF
 #define $ac_tr_lib 1
@@ -1433,19 +1384,14 @@ else
   echo "$ac_t""no" 1>&6
 fi
 
-		
-fi
-
-	;;
-esac
 
 echo $ac_n "checking for inet_ntop""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1444: checking for inet_ntop" >&5
+echo "configure:1390: checking for inet_ntop" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_func_inet_ntop'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1449 "configure"
+#line 1395 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
     which can conflict with char inet_ntop(); below.  */
@@ -1468,7 +1414,7 @@ inet_ntop();
 
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:1472: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest; then
+if { (eval echo configure:1418: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_func_inet_ntop=yes"
 else
@@ -1495,12 +1441,12 @@ EOF
 fi
 
 echo $ac_n "checking for inet_pton""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1499: checking for inet_pton" >&5
+echo "configure:1445: checking for inet_pton" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_func_inet_pton'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1504 "configure"
+#line 1450 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
     which can conflict with char inet_pton(); below.  */
@@ -1523,7 +1469,7 @@ inet_pton();
 
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:1527: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest; then
+if { (eval echo configure:1473: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_func_inet_pton=yes"
 else
@@ -1550,12 +1496,12 @@ EOF
 fi
 
 echo $ac_n "checking for inet_aton""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1554: checking for inet_aton" >&5
+echo "configure:1500: checking for inet_aton" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_func_inet_aton'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
   cat > conftest.$ac_ext <<EOF
-#line 1559 "configure"
+#line 1505 "configure"
 #include "confdefs.h"
 /* System header to define __stub macros and hopefully few prototypes,
     which can conflict with char inet_aton(); below.  */
@@ -1578,7 +1524,7 @@ inet_aton();
 
 ; return 0; }
 EOF
-if { (eval echo configure:1582: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest; then
+if { (eval echo configure:1528: \"$ac_link\") 1>&5; (eval $ac_link) 2>&5; } && test -s conftest; then
   rm -rf conftest*
   eval "ac_cv_func_inet_aton=yes"
 else
@@ -1606,7 +1552,7 @@ fi
 
 
 echo $ac_n "checking whether ${MAKE-make} sets \${MAKE}""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1610: checking whether ${MAKE-make} sets \${MAKE}" >&5
+echo "configure:1556: checking whether ${MAKE-make} sets \${MAKE}" >&5
 set dummy ${MAKE-make}; ac_make=`echo "$2" | sed 'y%./+-%__p_%'`
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_make_${ac_make}_set'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
@@ -1635,7 +1581,7 @@ fi
 # Extract the first word of "ranlib", so it can be a program name with args.
 set dummy ranlib; ac_word=$2
 echo $ac_n "checking for $ac_word""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1639: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+echo "configure:1585: checking for $ac_word" >&5
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_prog_RANLIB'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
 else
@@ -1672,7 +1618,7 @@ fi
 # SVR4 /usr/ucb/install, which tries to use the nonexistent group "staff"
 # ./install, which can be erroneously created by make from ./install.sh.
 echo $ac_n "checking for a BSD compatible install""... $ac_c" 1>&6
-echo "configure:1676: checking for a BSD compatible install" >&5
+echo "configure:1622: checking for a BSD compatible install" >&5
 if test -z "$INSTALL"; then
 if eval "test \"`echo '$''{'ac_cv_path_install'+set}'`\" = set"; then
   echo $ac_n "(cached) $ac_c" 1>&6
@@ -1750,25 +1696,17 @@ else
 fi
 
 case "$host" in
-	*-dec-osf*)
-		STD_CDEFINES="$STD_CDEFINES -DISC_SOCKADDR_LEN_T=size_t"
-		;;
 	*-sun-solaris*)
 		cat >> confdefs.h <<\EOF
 #define NEED_AF_INET6 1
 EOF
 
-		STD_CDEFINES="$STD_CDEFINES -DISC_SOCKADDR_LEN_T=int"
 		;;
 	*-hp-hpux*)
 		cat >> confdefs.h <<\EOF
 #define NEED_AF_INET6 1
 EOF
 
-		STD_CDEFINES="$STD_CDEFINES -DISC_SOCKADDR_LEN_T=int"
-		;;
-	*)
-		STD_CDEFINES="$STD_CDEFINES -DISC_SOCKADDR_LEN_T=int"
 		;;
 esac
 

configure.in

 
-AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.15 $)
+AC_REVISION($Revision: 1.16 $)
 
 AC_INIT(lib/dns/name.c)
 AC_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
@@ -47,20 +47,17 @@ AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_create,,
 )
 
 dnl
-dnl The wonderful thing about standards is there are so many to choose from...
+dnl -lxnet buys us one big porting headache...  standards, gotta love 'em.
 dnl
-dnl Under IRIX (6.5 at least) -lxnet buys us nothign but compiler warnings.
+dnl AC_CHECK_LIB(xnet, socket, ,
+dnl    AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, socket)
+dnl    AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, inet_ntoa)
+dnl )
 dnl
-case "$host" in
-	mips-sgi-irix*)
-		;;
-	*)
-		AC_CHECK_LIB(xnet, socket, ,
-		    AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, socket)
-		    AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, inet_ntoa)
-		)
-	;;
-esac
+dnl Use this for now, instead:
+dnl
+AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, socket)
+AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, inet_ntoa)
 
 AC_CHECK_FUNC(inet_ntop, ,
 	      [ISC_EXTRA_OBJS="$ISC_EXTRA_OBJS inet_ntop.o"