[gstreamer-bugs] [Bug 575256] New: rtspsrc fails to resolve hostnames

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  GStreamer | gst-plugins-base | Ver: git
           Summary: rtspsrc fails to resolve hostnames
           Product: GStreamer
           Version: git
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: Normal
         Component: gst-plugins-base
        AssignedTo: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
        ReportedBy: frol at hupp.se
         QAContact: gstreamer-bugs at lists.sourceforge.net
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


The function do_resolve() in gstrtspconnection.c returns a pointer to data in a
local buffer. When the caller references this pointer it may no longer contain
the correct data.

static const gchar *
do_resolve (const gchar * host)
{
...
  gchar ipbuf[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
...
  ip = inet_ntop (AF_INET, (struct in_addr *) addrs[0], ipbuf,
        sizeof (ipbuf));
...
  return ip;
...
}

The return value of inet_ntop() is a pointer to ipbuf, which then is returned
as the result from do_resolve(). This bug prevents me from using rtspsrc with
hostnames at the moment (ip addresses work). A simple workaround is to change
the ipbuf declaration to static.


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