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-rw-r--r--ares_gethostbyname.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ares_gethostbyname.c b/ares_gethostbyname.c
index 8610cba..7c39ad1 100644
--- a/ares_gethostbyname.c
+++ b/ares_gethostbyname.c
@@ -138,7 +138,11 @@ static void next_lookup(struct host_query *hquery, int status_code)
case 'f':
/* Host file lookup */
status = file_lookup(hquery->name, hquery->family, &host);
- if (status != ARES_ENOTFOUND)
+
+ /* this status check below previously checked for !ARES_ENOTFOUND,
+ but we should not assume that this single error code is the one
+ that can occur, as that is in fact no longer the case */
+ if (status == ARES_SUCCESS)
{
end_hquery(hquery, status, host);
return;