--- /dev/null
+#! /bin/sh /usr/share/dpatch/dpatch-run
+## ifstate_exact_check.dpatch by Eduard Bloch <blade@debian.org>
+##
+## DP: Check the state of the interface with SIOCGIFFLAGS instead of traversing the SIOCGIFCONF output, also checking the link state more exactly (Debian bug #563371)
+
+@DPATCH@
+Index: icewm-1.3.7~pre2/src/apppstatus.cc
+===================================================================
+--- icewm-1.3.7~pre2.orig/src/apppstatus.cc 2010-04-28 21:00:30.000000000 +0200
++++ icewm-1.3.7~pre2/src/apppstatus.cc 2010-04-29 22:11:16.961086255 +0200
+@@ -429,19 +429,18 @@
+ }
+ return false;
+ #else
+- char buffer[32 * sizeof(struct ifreq)];
+- struct ifconf ifc;
+- struct ifreq *ifr;
+- long long len;
+-
+ if (fNetDev == null)
+ return false;
+-
+- int s = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+
++ int s = socket(PF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+ if (s == -1)
+ return false;
+
++#if BROWSE_SIOCGIFCONF_LIST
++ char buffer[32 * sizeof(struct ifreq)];
++ struct ifconf ifc;
++ struct ifreq *ifr;
++ long long len;
+ ifc.ifc_len = sizeof(buffer);
+ ifc.ifc_buf = buffer;
+ if (ioctl(s, SIOCGIFCONF, &ifc) < 0) {
+@@ -459,6 +458,14 @@
+ ifr++;
+ }
+
++#else
++ struct ifreq ifr;
++ fNetDev.copy(ifr.ifr_name, IFNAMSIZ-1);
++ bool bUp = (ioctl(s, SIOCGIFFLAGS, &ifr) >= 0 && (ifr.ifr_flags & IFF_UP));
++ close(s);
++ return bUp;
++#endif
++
+ close(s);
+ return false;
+ #endif