diff -Naur bacula-5.2.2.old/configure bacula-5.2.2/configure
--- bacula-5.2.2.old/configure	2011-11-26 15:08:12.000000000 +0100
+++ bacula-5.2.2/configure	2011-12-11 18:17:30.530625327 +0100
@@ -30019,15 +30019,6 @@
 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`
diff -Naur bacula-5.2.2.old/autoconf/configure.in bacula-5.2.2/autoconf/configure.in
--- bacula-5.2.2.old/autoconf/configure.in	2011-12-07 18:19:40.559345035 +0100
+++ bacula-5.2.2/autoconf/configure.in	2011-12-12 10:11:02.783978422 +0100
@@ -2853,16 +2853,6 @@
 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`