From: Collin Funk <collin.funk1@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2025 23:11:55 +0000 (-0800)
Subject: maint: hostid: reduce variable scope
X-Git-Tag: v9.10~206
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=2880332ada4d0239a313d42f686d4162e1bb4424;p=thirdparty%2Fcoreutils.git

maint: hostid: reduce variable scope

* src/hostid.c (main): Declare variables where they are used instead of
at the start of the function.
---

diff --git a/src/hostid.c b/src/hostid.c
index ff30079a70..92c2528478 100644
--- a/src/hostid.c
+++ b/src/hostid.c
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ Print the numeric identifier (in hexadecimal) for the current host.\n\
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
 {
-  unsigned int id;
-
   initialize_main (&argc, &argv);
   set_program_name (argv[0]);
   setlocale (LC_ALL, "");
@@ -72,12 +70,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
       usage (EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
-  id = gethostid ();
-
   /* POSIX says gethostid returns a "32-bit identifier" but is silent
      whether it's sign-extended.  Turn off any sign-extension.  This
      is a no-op unless unsigned int is wider than 32 bits.  */
-  id &= 0xffffffff;
+  unsigned int id = gethostid () & 0xffffffff;
 
   printf ("%08x\n", id);