# HG changeset patch
# User Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
# Date 1181520980 18000
# Node ID 121999244123cdb8723b28c7777cfe2a771df03f
# Parent  36abb07c79d4ea808f2145f9a4d3e13ade9296be
hg serve: don't lookup user-supplied names/addresses

diff --git a/mercurial/hgweb/server.py b/mercurial/hgweb/server.py
--- a/mercurial/hgweb/server.py
+++ b/mercurial/hgweb/server.py
@@ -216,14 +216,10 @@ def create_server(ui, repo):
                 return hgwebobj
             self.reqmaker = wsgiapplication(make_handler)
 
-            addr, port = self.socket.getsockname()[:2]
-            if addr in ('0.0.0.0', '::'):
+            addr = address
+            if addr in ('', '::'):
                 addr = socket.gethostname()
-            else:
-                try:
-                    addr = socket.gethostbyaddr(addr)[0]
-                except socket.error:
-                    pass
+
             self.addr, self.port = addr, port
 
     class IPv6HTTPServer(MercurialHTTPServer):