--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/dcclib/hstrerror.c	Tue Mar 10 13:49:58 2009 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/* compatibility hack for old systems that don't have hstrerror() */
+
+#include "dcc_defs.h"
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+static const char *h_errlist[] = {
+	"Resolver Error 0 (no error)",
+	"Unknown host",			/* 1 HOST_NOT_FOUND */
+	"Host name lookup failure",	/* 2 TRY_AGAIN */
+	"Unknown server error",		/* 3 NO_RECOVERY */
+	"No address associated with name",  /* 4 NO_ADDRESS */
+};
+#define H_NERR ((int)(sizeof(h_errlist)/sizeof( h_errlist[0])))
+
+const char *
+dcc_hstrerror(int err)
+{
+    static char buf[64];
+
+    if (err < 0 || err > H_NERR || h_errlist[err] == NULL) {
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "Error %d", err);
+	return buf;
+    }
+    return h_errlist[err];
+}