Description of problem:

Statically-linked programs that call gethostbyname crash when executed.  


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

glibc-2.12-1.25.el6_1.3.x86_64
glibc-static-2.12-1.25.el6_1.3.x86_64


How reproducible:

Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create this program:

#include <netdb.h>

int main(int ac, char **av)
{
 gethostbyname("fedoraproject.org");
 return 0;
}

2. Compile:

gcc -static -o chk-gethost.x chk-gethost.c

3. Execute:

./chk-gethost.x 
Floating exception
  
Actual results:

See above.


Expected results:

Runs without FPE.


Additional info:

This seems to be very similar to the bug reported in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=597578 .