- ethers only make sense if we want to play with ethernet addresses

  as in /etc/ethers (man 5 ethers)
  Assume that any of socket- or IP support indicate that need.

libc/inet/Makefile.in

@@ -35,18 +35,16 @@ endif
 # multi source resolv.c
 resolv_CSRC += \
 	encodeh.c decodeh.c encoded.c decoded.c lengthd.c \
-	encodeq.c decodeq.c lengthq.c encodea.c decodea.c \
+	encodeq.c decodeq.c encodea.c decodea.c lengthq.c \
 	dnslookup.c opennameservers.c closenameservers.c \
 	read_etc_hosts_r.c get_hosts_byaddr_r.c get_hosts_byname_r.c \
 	getnameinfo.c \
 	gethostbyaddr_r.c gethostbyname_r.c gethostbyname2_r.c gethostent_r.c \
 	gethostbyaddr.c gethostbyname.c gethostbyname2.c gethostent.c \
-	res_init.c res_query.c res_comp.c ns_name.c \
-	ethers.c
-#FIXME! ethers.c is a separate file, not a part of resolv.c - !?
+	res_init.c res_query.c res_comp.c ns_name.c
+
 ifneq ($(UCLIBC_HAS_IPV4)$(UCLIBC_HAS_IPV6),)
 CSRC += $(resolv_CSRC)
-
 ## # unused ATM
 ## CSRC += encodep.c decodep.c formquery.c
 endif
@@ -61,6 +59,10 @@ ifeq ($(UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET),y)
 CSRC += $(socketcalls_CSRC) opensock.c
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(UCLIBC_HAS_SOCKET)$(UCLIBC_HAS_IPV4)$(UCLIBC_HAS_IPV6),)
+CSRC += ethers.c
+endif
+
 INET_SRC := $(patsubst %.c,$(INET_DIR)/%.c,$(CSRC))
 INET_OBJ := $(patsubst %.c,$(INET_OUT)/%.o,$(CSRC))