diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index e72e49574d..4debc6953d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Thu Aug 24 15:27:39 2000  WATANABE Hirofumi  <eban@os.rim.or.jp>
+
+	* ext/socket/socketport.h: use `extern int h_errno' if needed.
+
 Sat Aug 19 01:34:02 2000  WATANABE Hirofumi  <eban@os.rim.or.jp>
 
 	* ext/sdbm/_sdbm.c (sdbm_prep): flags should be or-ed by O_BINARY on
diff --git a/ext/socket/sockport.h b/ext/socket/sockport.h
index d19b1e1dba..e1cddf53f4 100644
--- a/ext/socket/sockport.h
+++ b/ext/socket/sockport.h
@@ -69,4 +69,8 @@
 # define PF_INET AF_INET
 #endif
 
+#if defined(HOST_NOT_FOUND) && !defined(h_errno) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+extern int h_errno;
+#endif
+
 #endif
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 5e42aa3aa2..e646222a5c 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #define RUBY_VERSION "1.5.5"
-#define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2000-08-16"
+#define RUBY_RELEASE_DATE "2000-08-24"
 #define RUBY_VERSION_CODE 155
-#define RUBY_RELEASE_CODE 20000816
+#define RUBY_RELEASE_CODE 20000824