+ err = getaddrinfo(address, service, &hint, &ai);
+
+ if(err) {
+ logger(LOG_WARNING, "Error looking up %s port %s: %s", address,
+ service, gai_strerror(err));
+ return NULL;
+ }
+
+ return ai;
+}
+
+sockaddr_t str2sockaddr(const char *address, const char *port) {
+ struct addrinfo *ai = NULL, hint = {0};
+ sockaddr_t result;
+ int err;
+
+ hint.ai_family = AF_UNSPEC;
+ hint.ai_flags = AI_NUMERICHOST;
+ hint.ai_socktype = SOCK_STREAM;
+
+ err = getaddrinfo(address, port, &hint, &ai);
+
+ if(err || !ai) {
+ ifdebug(SCARY_THINGS)
+ logger(LOG_DEBUG, "Unknown type address %s port %s", address, port);
+ result.sa.sa_family = AF_UNKNOWN;
+ result.unknown.address = xstrdup(address);
+ result.unknown.port = xstrdup(port);
+ return result;
+ }
+
+ memcpy(&result, ai->ai_addr, ai->ai_addrlen);
+ freeaddrinfo(ai);