1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libc/net/ethers.c b/src/lib/libc/net/ethers.c
index af31bb8e60..07f1da3306 100644
--- a/src/lib/libc/net/ethers.c
+++ b/src/lib/libc/net/ethers.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/*      $OpenBSD: ethers.c,v 1.21 2013/11/24 23:51:28 deraadt Exp $     */
+/*      $OpenBSD: ethers.c,v 1.22 2014/09/15 06:15:48 guenther Exp $    */
 
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 1998 Todd C. Miller <Todd.Miller@courtesan.com>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ ether_ntohost(char *hostname, struct ether_addr *e)
         trylen = strlen(trybuf);
 #endif
 
-        f = fopen(_PATH_ETHERS, "r");
+        f = fopen(_PATH_ETHERS, "re");
         if (f == NULL)
                 return (-1);
         while ((p = fgetln(f, &len)) != NULL) {
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ ether_hostton(const char *hostname, struct ether_addr *e)
         int hostlen = strlen(hostname);
 #endif
 
-        f = fopen(_PATH_ETHERS, "r");
+        f = fopen(_PATH_ETHERS, "re");
         if (f==NULL)
                 return (-1);