diff -r -U1 clisp-2.49.orig/src/socket.d clisp-2.49/src/socket.d
--- clisp-2.49.orig/src/socket.d	2009-10-08 21:45:13.000000000 +0700
+++ clisp-2.49/src/socket.d	2013-04-20 16:24:11.133895050 +0700
@@ -59,5 +59,5 @@
  Fetches the machine's host name.
- get_hostname(host =);
- The name is allocated on the stack, with dynamic extent.
- < const char* host: The host name.
+ get_hostname(hostname);
+ where hostname is an array of MAXHOTNAMELEN+1 characters.
+ < const char host[]: The host name.
  (Note: In some cases we could get away with less system calls by simply
@@ -69,10 +69,8 @@
 /* present on all supported unix systems and on woe32 */
-  #define get_hostname(host_assignment)                                 \
-    do {  var char hostname[MAXHOSTNAMELEN+1];                          \
-      begin_system_call();                                              \
-      if ( gethostname(&hostname[0],MAXHOSTNAMELEN) <0) { SOCK_error(); } \
-      end_system_call();                                                \
-      hostname[MAXHOSTNAMELEN] = '\0';                                  \
-      host_assignment &hostname[0];                                     \
-    } while(0)
+static void get_hostname (char *hostname) {
+  begin_system_call();
+  if (gethostname(hostname,MAXHOSTNAMELEN) < 0) { ANSIC_error(); }
+  end_system_call();
+  hostname[MAXHOSTNAMELEN] = '\0';
+}
 #else
@@ -209,4 +207,4 @@
            (apply #'string-concat hostname " [" (inet-ntop address) "]"))) */
-    var const char* host;
-    get_hostname(host =);
+    var char host[MAXHOSTNAMELEN+1];
+    get_hostname(host);
     result = asciz_to_string(host,O(misc_encoding)); /* hostname as result */
@@ -391,4 +389,4 @@
   if (eq(arg,S(Kdefault))) {
-    var char* host;
-    get_hostname(host =);
+    var char host[MAXHOSTNAMELEN+1];
+    get_hostname(host);
     begin_system_call();
@@ -726,3 +724,4 @@
       if (host[0] == '\0') {
-        get_hostname(host =);
+        var char host[MAXHOSTNAMELEN+1];
+        get_hostname(host);
         fd = with_host_port(host,port,&connect_to_x_via_ip,NULL);
@@ -800,4 +799,4 @@
   if (resolve_p) { /* Fill in hd->truename. */
-    var const char* host;
-    get_hostname(host =); /* was: host = "localhost"; */
+    var char host[MAXHOSTNAMELEN+1];
+    get_hostname(host);
     ASSERT(strlen(host) <= MAXHOSTNAMELEN);