InetAddress.getLocalHost works differently with jdk1.4.0 beta65 and rc

Question

I am using jdk1.4.0 on Linux with two network interfaces, one of them with a private IP.
When using jdk1.4.0beta65
InetAddress.getLocalHost seems to return the IP of the first entry in /etc/hosts corresponding to my machine's hostname.
With jdk1.4.0 rc I get the last entry in /etc/hosts.
I changed the order of these entries in /etc/hosts to check if it is really the reason.
I had problems with an application when getLocalHost returned the private IP.
Of course changing the order would solve my problem.
Is there any reason why this changed?
cu
Achim

Answer 1

I don't have the answer for you but why don't you try the following trick and see if you get a more consistent result:
try {
    Socket socket=new Socket("java.sun.com",80);
    InetAddress addr=socket.getLocalAddress();
    String HostName=addr.getHostName();
    String HostAddr=addr.getHostAddress();
} catch (Throwable e) {}
V.V.