diff -ur uClibc-0.9.29/libc/inet/resolv.c uClibc-0.9.29-patched/libc/inet/resolv.c
--- uClibc-0.9.29/libc/inet/resolv.c	2007-04-23 12:01:05.000000000 -0500
+++ uClibc-0.9.29-patched/libc/inet/resolv.c	2007-05-09 18:05:33.563404419 -0500
@@ -1700,7 +1700,7 @@
 int gethostent_r(struct hostent *result_buf, char *buf, size_t buflen,
 	struct hostent **result, int *h_errnop)
 {
-    int ret;
+    int ret = HOST_NOT_FOUND;
 
     __UCLIBC_MUTEX_LOCK(mylock);
     if (__gethostent_fp == NULL) {
