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diff --git a/lib/xgethostname.c b/lib/xgethostname.c
index 79da0ec9c..aa0b9dc85 100644
--- a/lib/xgethostname.c
+++ b/lib/xgethostname.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* xgethostname.c -- return current hostname with unlimited length
-   Copyright (C) 1992, 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 1992, 1996, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
    Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
 
-/* Written by Jim Meyering, meyering@comco.com */
+/* written by Jim Meyering */
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
 # include <config.h>
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ extern int errno;
 
 #include "error.h"
 
+#ifndef ENAMETOOLONG
+# define ENAMETOOLONG 9999
+#endif
+
 #ifndef EXIT_FAILURE
 # define EXIT_FAILURE 1
 #endif
@@ -47,28 +51,26 @@ xgethostname ()
 {
   char *hostname;
   size_t size;
-  int err;
 
   size = INITIAL_HOSTNAME_LENGTH;
-  hostname = xmalloc (size);
+  /* Use size + 1 here rather than size to work around the bug
+     in SunOS5.5's gethostname whereby it NUL-terminates HOSTNAME
+     even when the name is longer than the supplied buffer.  */
+  hostname = xmalloc (size + 1);
   while (1)
     {
-      /* Use size - 2 here rather than size - 1 to work around the bug
-	 in SunOS5.5's gethostname whereby it NUL-terminates HOSTNAME
-	 even when the name is longer than the supplied buffer.  */
-      int k = size - 2;
+      int k = size - 1;
+      int err;
 
       errno = 0;
       hostname[k] = '\0';
       err = gethostname (hostname, size);
-      if (err == 0 && hostname[k] == '\0')
+      if (err >= 0 && hostname[k] == '\0')
 	break;
-#ifdef ENAMETOOLONG
-      else if (err != 0 && errno != ENAMETOOLONG && errno != 0)
+      else if (err < 0 && errno != ENAMETOOLONG && errno != 0)
 	error (EXIT_FAILURE, errno, "gethostname");
-#endif
       size *= 2;
-      hostname = xrealloc (hostname, size);
+      hostname = xrealloc (hostname, size + 1);
     }
 
   return hostname;