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-rw-r--r--src/network/inet_ntop.c7
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/network/inet_ntop.c b/src/network/inet_ntop.c
index 4bfef2c5..f442f47d 100644
--- a/src/network/inet_ntop.c
+++ b/src/network/inet_ntop.c
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ const char *inet_ntop(int af, const void *restrict a0, char *restrict s, socklen
for (i=best=0, max=2; buf[i]; i++) {
if (i && buf[i] != ':') continue;
j = strspn(buf+i, ":0");
- if (j>max) best=i, max=j;
+ /* The leading sequence of zeros (best==0) is
+ * disadvantaged compared to sequences elsewhere
+ * as it doesn't have a leading colon. One extra
+ * character is required for another sequence to
+ * beat it fairly. */
+ if (j>max+(best==0)) best=i, max=j;
}
if (max>3) {
buf[best] = buf[best+1] = ':';