(ether_aton): Declare result variable static.

diff --git a/inet/ether_aton.c b/inet/ether_aton.c
index eb27b244d9c5a8d06599df9772ffa9c706c82839..0cb8bfc4e49ce69584e1457ba9c2f62f7e0241db 100644 (file)
--- a/inet/ether_aton.c
+++ b/inet/ether_aton.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 1996, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This file is part of the GNU C Library.
 Contributed by Ulrich Drepper <drepper@cygnus.com>, 1996.
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.  */
 struct ether_addr *
 ether_aton (const char *asc)
 {
-  struct ether_addr result;
+  static struct ether_addr result;
 
   return ether_aton_r (asc, &result);
 }