From: simon <simon@cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e>
Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:32:18 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Better reporting of DNS errors while trying to find the proxy server.
X-Git-Url: https://git.distorted.org.uk/u/mdw/putty/commitdiff_plain/42389a9e58e79436a497cfd00e6b4afd3367b0cf?hp=b804e1e5b96705b2f1d5bb31892a9353f9b7224c

Better reporting of DNS errors while trying to find the proxy server.


git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@2350 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e
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diff --git a/proxy.c b/proxy.c
index 7c608c92..3313abfa 100644
--- a/proxy.c
+++ b/proxy.c
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ Socket new_connection(SockAddr addr, char *hostname,
 	Proxy_Socket ret;
 	Proxy_Plug pplug;
 	SockAddr proxy_addr;
-	char * proxy_canonical_name;
+	char *proxy_canonical_name, *err;
 
 	ret = smalloc(sizeof(struct Socket_proxy_tag));
 	ret->fn = &socket_fn_table;
@@ -388,6 +388,10 @@ Socket new_connection(SockAddr addr, char *hostname,
 	/* look-up proxy */
 	proxy_addr = sk_namelookup(cfg.proxy_host,
 				   &proxy_canonical_name);
+	if ((err = sk_addr_error(proxy_addr))) {
+	    ret->error = "Proxy error: Unable to resolve proxy host name";
+	    return (Socket)ret;
+	}
 	sfree(proxy_canonical_name);
 
 	/* create the actual socket we will be using,