commit 4eb89019bb8b325da7fdc590c1194a3e9617f253
Author: Rob Savoye <address@hidden>
Date:   Mon May 21 07:15:09 2012 -0600

    don't free ans more than necessary

diff --git b/libbase/Socket.cpp a/libbase/Socket.cpp
index 2bb3484..6b66984 100644
--- b/libbase/Socket.cpp
+++ a/libbase/Socket.cpp
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Socket::connect(const std::string& hostname, boost::uint16_t port)
                           code, gai_strerror(code));
                 return false;
             }
-            log_error(_("getaddrinfo() needed to change localhost, check your /etc/hosts file!"));
+            log_error(_("getaddrinfo() needed to change localhost, edit your /etc/host file!"));
         } else {
             log_error(_("getaddrinfo() failed with code: #%d - %s\n"),
                       code, gai_strerror(code));
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ Socket::connect(const std::string& hostname, boost::uint16_t port)
             const int err = errno;
             log_error(_("Socket creation failed: %s"), std::strerror(err));
             _socket = 0;
+            freeaddrinfo(ans);
             return false;
         }
     }
@@ -274,9 +275,11 @@ Socket::connect(const std::string& hostname, boost::uint16_t port)
         if (err != EINPROGRESS) {
             log_error(_("Failed to connect to socket: %s"), std::strerror(err));
             _socket = 0;
+            freeaddrinfo(ans);
             return false;
         }
 #else
+            freeaddrinfo(ans);
         return false;
 #endif
     }
@@ -298,7 +301,8 @@ Socket::connect(const std::string& hostname, boost::uint16_t port)
                  reinterpret_cast<const char*>(&on), sizeof(on));
     
     assert(_socket);
-    
+    freeaddrinfo(ans);
+
     return true;
 }