--- network-functions.orig	Mon Jun 25 01:43:27 2001
+++ network-functions	Tue Jul 17 10:30:02 2001
@@ -48,8 +48,11 @@
 
 need_hostname()
 {
-    if [ "`hostname`" = "(none)" -o "`hostname`" = "localhost" -o \
-	 "`hostname`" = "localhost.localdomain" ]; then
+	local hostname
+
+	hostname="`hostname`"
+    if [ "$hostname" = "(none)" -o "$hostname" = "localhost" -o \
+	 "$hostname" = "localhost.localdomain" ]; then
 	NEEDHOSTNAME=yes
     else
 	unset NEEDHOSTNAME