3 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/libc/inet/Makefile b/libc/inet/Makefile
index de5d90d74..56e783ceb 100644
--- a/libc/inet/Makefile
+++ b/libc/inet/Makefile
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ $(MOBJ3): $(MSRC3)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DL_$* $< -c -o $*.o
 	$(STRIPTOOL) -x -R .note -R .comment $*.o
 
-$(COBJS):
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< -c $*.c -o $*.o
+$(COBJS): %.o : %.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 	$(STRIPTOOL) -x -R .note -R .comment $*.o
 
 clean: subdirs_clean
diff --git a/libc/inet/resolv.c b/libc/inet/resolv.c
index 7abc9b506..18f366e87 100644
--- a/libc/inet/resolv.c
+++ b/libc/inet/resolv.c
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ int dns_lookup(const char *name, int type, int nscount, const char **nsip,
 	extern int searchdomains;
 	extern const char * searchdomain[MAX_SEARCH];
 
+	fd = -1;
+
 	if (!packet || !lookup || !nscount)
 	    goto fail;
 
@@ -462,8 +464,6 @@ int dns_lookup(const char *name, int type, int nscount, const char **nsip,
 
 	ns %= nscount;
 
-	fd = -1;
-
 	while (retries++ < MAX_RETRIES) {
 
 		if (fd != -1)
diff --git a/libc/inet/rpc/Makefile b/libc/inet/rpc/Makefile
index 082c78a55..ade5d2422 100644
--- a/libc/inet/rpc/Makefile
+++ b/libc/inet/rpc/Makefile
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ COBJS=$(patsubst %.c,%.o, $(CSRC))
 
 all: $(COBJS) $(LIBC)
 
-$(COBJS):
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $< -c $*.c -o $*.o
+$(COBJS): %.o : %.c
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $< -o $@
 	$(STRIPTOOL) -x -R .note -R .comment $*.o
 
 $(LIBC): $(COBJS)