--- loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/05/21 15:00:05	1.230
+++ loncom/lonnet/perl/lonnet.pm	2002/05/22 13:56:43	1.231
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network
 # TCP networking package
 #
-# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.230 2002/05/21 15:00:05 stredwic Exp $
+# $Id: lonnet.pm,v 1.231 2002/05/22 13:56:43 stredwic Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ use Apache::File;
 use LWP::UserAgent();
 use HTTP::Headers;
 use vars 
-qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %badhomecache %hostip %spareid %hostdom 
+qw(%perlvar %hostname %homecache %badServerCache %hostip %spareid %hostdom 
    %libserv %pr %prp %metacache %packagetab 
    %courselogs %accesshash $processmarker $dumpcount 
    %coursedombuf %coursehombuf %courseresdatacache);
@@ -489,17 +489,15 @@ sub homeserver {
     my $tryserver;
     foreach $tryserver (keys %libserv) {
         next if ($ignoreBadCache ne 'true' && 
-		 exists($badhomecache{$index}->{$tryserver}));
+		 exists($badServerCache{$tryserver}));
 	if ($hostdom{$tryserver} eq $udom) {
            my $answer=reply("home:$udom:$uname",$tryserver);
            if ($answer eq 'found') { 
               $homecache{$index}=$tryserver;
               return $tryserver; 
-           } else {
-	       $badhomecache{$index}->{$tryserver}=1;
+           } elsif ($answer eq 'no_host') {
+	       $badServerCache{$tryserver}=1;
            }
-       } else {
-           $badhomecache{$index}->{$tryserver}=1;
        }
     }    
     return 'no_host';