diff -Naur bacula-5.2.6.old/autoconf/configure.in bacula-5.2.6/autoconf/configure.in

--- bacula-5.2.6.old/autoconf/configure.in	2012-05-24 14:08:57.595272317 +0200

+++ bacula-5.2.6/autoconf/configure.in	2012-05-24 14:11:20.313120159 +0200

@@ -1264,6 +1264,11 @@

 if test x${hostname} = x ; then

   hostname="localhost"

 fi

+dnl Make sure hostname is resolved

+ping -c 1 $hostname 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null

+if test ! $? = 0; then

+  hostname="localhost"

+fi

 AC_ARG_WITH(hostname,

    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-hostname=RESNAME], [specify host name for daemons]),

    [

@@ -2858,16 +2863,6 @@

 MACOSX=

 COMPRESS_MANPAGES=yes

-hostname=`uname -n | cut -d '.' -f 1`

-if test x${hostname} = x ; then

-   hostname="localhost"

-fi

-dnl Make sure hostname is resolved

-ping -c 1 $hostname 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null

-if test ! $? = 0; then

-  hostname="localhost"

-fi

-

 case "$DISTNAME" in

 aix)

    DISTVER=`uname -r`

diff -Naur bacula-5.2.6.old/configure bacula-5.2.6/configure

--- bacula-5.2.6.old/configure	2012-05-24 14:08:57.834277377 +0200

+++ bacula-5.2.6/configure	2012-05-24 14:12:04.561861019 +0200

@@ -23174,6 +23174,10 @@

 if test x${hostname} = x ; then

   hostname="localhost"

 fi

+ping -c 1 $hostname 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null

+if test ! $? = 0; then

+  hostname="localhost"

+fi

 # Check whether --with-hostname was given.

 if test "${with_hostname+set}" = set; then :

@@ -30010,15 +30014,6 @@

 MACOSX=

 COMPRESS_MANPAGES=yes

-hostname=`uname -n | cut -d '.' -f 1`

-if test x${hostname} = x ; then

-   hostname="localhost"

-fi

-ping -c 1 $hostname 2>/dev/null 1>/dev/null

-if test ! $? = 0; then

-  hostname="localhost"

-fi

-

 case "$DISTNAME" in

 aix)

    DISTVER=`uname -r`