--- iputils/ping.c.orig	Fri Sep 20 15:08:11 2002

+++ iputils/ping.c	Wed Oct 15 12:38:55 2003

@@ -1123,7 +1123,13 @@

 pr_addr(__u32 addr)

 {

 	struct hostent *hp;

-	static char buf[4096];

+	static char buf[256 + 32];

+	static __u32 prevaddr;

+	static int cached = 0;

+

+	/* Return previous result if same input (avoid multiple lookups) */

+	if (cached && addr == prevaddr)

+		return(buf);

 	if ((options & F_NUMERIC) ||

 	    !(hp = gethostbyaddr((char *)&addr, 4, AF_INET)))

@@ -1131,6 +1137,10 @@

 	else

 		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s (%s)", hp->h_name,

 			 inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr *)&addr));

+

+	prevaddr = addr;

+	cached = 1;

+

 	return(buf);

 }