--- ntp-4.0.99m-rc2/ntpdate/ntptime_config.c.usegethost	Mon Mar 26 06:11:00 2001
+++ ntp-4.0.99m-rc2/ntpdate/ntptime_config.c	Mon Jun 18 14:28:53 2001
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <signal.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <netdb.h>
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
 
 /*
  * These routines are used to read the configuration file at
@@ -151,10 +153,12 @@
 	int srvcnt;
 	/* u_long peerkey; */
 	int peerflags;
+	struct hostent *hp;
 	struct sockaddr_in peeraddr;
 	FILE *fp;
 	char line[MAXLINE];
 	char *(tokens[MAXTOKENS]);
+	char *host_string;
 	int ntokens;
 	int tok;
 	const char *config_file;
@@ -234,7 +238,12 @@
 				break;
 			}
 			
-			if (!getnetnum(tokens[1], &peeraddr, 1)) {
+			host_string = tokens[1];
+			if ((hp = gethostbyname(tokens[1])) != NULL) {
+			  host_string = inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr *) hp->h_addr);
+			}
+
+			if (!getnetnum(host_string, &peeraddr, 1)) {
 				/* Resolve now, or lose! */
 				break;
 			} else {