/*
* Flag controlling what names to resolve.
*/
-WS_VAR_IMPORT guint32 g_resolv_flags;
+WS_VAR_IMPORT guint32 gbl_resolv_flags;
/* 32 types are sufficient (as are 640k of RAM) */
/* FIXME: Maybe MANUF/m, IP/i, IP6/6, IPX/x, UDP+TCP/t etc would be
/* the result which is always NUL ('\0') terminated. The buffer should be large enough to */
/* contain size characters including the terminator */
-void get_addr_name_buf(address *addr, gchar *buf, gsize size);
+void get_addr_name_buf(const address *addr, gchar *buf, gsize size);
/*
extern void host_name_lookup_cleanup(void);
/* get_hostname returns the host name or "%d.%d.%d.%d" if not found */
-extern const gchar *get_hostname(guint addr);
+extern const gchar *get_hostname(const guint addr);
/* get_hostname6 returns the host name, or numeric addr if not found */
struct e_in6_addr;
-extern const gchar* get_hostname6(struct e_in6_addr *ad);
+extern const gchar* get_hostname6(const struct e_in6_addr *ad);
/* get_ether_name returns the logical name if found in ethers files else
"<vendor>_%02x:%02x:%02x" if the vendor code is known else
guint32 get_ipxnet_addr(const gchar *name, gboolean *known);
/* adds a hostname/IPv4 in the hash table */
-extern void add_ipv4_name(guint addr, const gchar *name);
+extern void add_ipv4_name(const guint addr, const gchar *name);
/* adds a hostname/IPv6 in the hash table */
-extern void add_ipv6_name(struct e_in6_addr *addr, const gchar *name);
+extern void add_ipv6_name(const struct e_in6_addr *addr, const gchar *name);
+
+/* adds a hostname in the hash table */
+extern gboolean add_ip_name_from_string (const char *addr, const char *name);
/* add ethernet address / name corresponding to IP address */
-extern void add_ether_byip(guint ip, const guint8 *eth);
+extern void add_ether_byip(const guint ip, const guint8 *eth);
/** Translates a string representing a hostname or dotted-decimal IPv4 address
* into a numeric IPv4 address value in network byte order. If compiled with
* c-ares, the request will wait a maximum of 250ms for the request to finish.
* Otherwise the wait time will be system-dependent, ususally much longer.
+ * Immediately returns FALSE for hostnames if network name resolution is
+ * disabled.
*
* @param[in] host The hostname.
* @param[out] addrp The numeric IPv4 address in network byte order.
- * @return TRUE on success, FALSE on failure or timeout.
+ * @return TRUE on success, FALSE on failure, timeout.
*/
gboolean get_host_ipaddr(const char *host, guint32 *addrp);
* into a numeric IPv6 address value in network byte order. If compiled with
* c-ares, the request will wait a maximum of 250ms for the request to finish.
* Otherwise the wait time will be system-dependent, usually much longer.
+ * Immediately returns FALSE for hostnames if network name resolution is
+ * disabled.
*
* @param[in] host The hostname.
* @param[out] addrp The numeric IPv6 address in network byte order.