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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/src/inet.erl7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/src/inet.erl b/lib/kernel/src/inet.erl
index c1ae99ea24..713a9cf725 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/src/inet.erl
+++ b/lib/kernel/src/inet.erl
@@ -439,7 +439,12 @@ getstat(Socket,What) ->
Hostent :: hostent().
gethostbyname(Name) ->
- gethostbyname_tm(Name, inet, false).
+ case inet_db:res_option(inet6) of
+ true ->
+ gethostbyname_tm(Name, inet6, false);
+ false ->
+ gethostbyname_tm(Name, inet, false)
+ end.
-spec gethostbyname(Hostname, Family) ->
{ok, Hostent} | {error, posix()} when