this patch courtesy of Latchezar Ionkov:

1. The second argument of the run command on line 235 should be f[0], not
venti.

2. If f[1] contains '*' (like in tcp!*!17034), replace the '*' with 127.1
before setting 'venti' to f[1].


Reference: /n/sources/patch/applied/fossilboot
Date: Mon Jan 17 16:46:59 CET 2005

--- /sys/src/9/boot/local.c	Mon Jan 17 16:46:59 2005
+++ /sys/src/9/boot/local.c	Mon Jan 17 16:46:59 2005
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
 connectlocalfossil(void)
 {
 	int fd;
-	char *venti, *f[32];
+	char *venti, *f[32], *p;
 	int nf;
 	char partition[128], buf[512];
 	char *dev;
@@ -232,7 +232,15 @@
 				f[2] = "tcp!127.1!8000";
 			}
 			configloopback();
-			run("/boot/venti", "-c", venti, "-a", f[1], "-h", f[2], 0);
+			run("/boot/venti", "-c", f[0], "-a", f[1], "-h", f[2], 0);
+
+			p = strchr(f[1], '*');
+			if (p != nil) {
+				*p = 0;
+				p++;
+				snprint(buf, sizeof buf, "%s127.1%s", f[1], p);
+				f[1] = buf;
+			}
 			setenv("venti", f[1]);
 		}else{
 			/* set up the network so we can talk to the venti server */