on an strace, it claims it cannot find these files

8925 open("/usr/lib/libnss_dns.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)
8925 open("/usr/lib/libresolv.so.2", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory)

There is a thread on Zsnes forums dealing with this issue :
http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=1846
More generally, netplay feature seems not working properly :
http://board.zsnes.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=2202

It works, if I comment out the content of the function "GetHostName" in src/linux/ztcp.c. This function is at the end of the file.

Here is the Pkg I made: http://www.metroidx.com/zsnes-1.42-1.pkg.tar.gz (There is no bullshit in the Pkg... ;) )

and where is the PKGBUILD ?

I used the PKGBUILD from abs.
I just commented out the function in the sourcecode, because I don't really know how to do this with shellscripting.

Well, the stock zsnes code works fine for me.

I isolated the "faulty" code (well, in fact not faulty for me), and run it in a small C program:

<snip foo.c>
#include <string.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

char blah[256];
char hostname[50] = "IP N/A";

int main(int arcg, char *argv[])
{
struct hostent* phe;
const char *test;

strcpy(hostname,"YOUR IP: ");
gethostname(blah,255);
phe = gethostbyname(blah);
test = inet_ntoa(*(struct in_addr*)phe->h_addr);
strcpy(blah, test);
strcat(hostname,blah);

return(0);
}
</snip>

To compile it, use "gcc -g -Wall foo.c -o foo".

Can you try it, and report if it works or not?
If not, can you provide me a core file, and the foo binary that triggered the core?

According to the thread on Zsnes forums, it seems this issue can occur on some system, whereas it will run fine on others...

As a consequence, I won't commit a fix disabling a function to the package before we can understand why it's occurring.

what's the state on this one ?