1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/sysdep.c b/src/sysdep.c
index 455ebacae23..9b5ee10749c 100644
--- a/src/sysdep.c
+++ b/src/sysdep.c
@@ -2009,6 +2009,8 @@ get_system_name ()
             if (hp)
               {
                 char *fqdn = hp->h_name;
+                char *p;
+
                 if (!index (fqdn, '.'))
                   {
                     /* We still don't have a fully qualified domain name.
@@ -2021,6 +2023,18 @@ get_system_name ()
                   }
                 hostname = (char *) xrealloc (hostname, strlen (fqdn) + 1);
                 strcpy (hostname, fqdn);
+#if 0
+                /* Convert the host name to lower case.  */
+                /* Using ctype.h here would introduce a possible locale
+                   dependence that is probably wrong for hostnames.  */
+                p = hostname
+                while (*p)
+                  {
+                    if (*p >= 'A' && *p <= 'Z')
+                      *p += 'a' - 'A';
+                    p++;
+                  }
+#endif
               }
           }
 #endif /* HAVE_SOCKETS */