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diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/hostname.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/hostname.rb
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+# get an uniq array of ipaddresses for a hostname
+require 'resolv'
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+	newfunction(:hostname, :type => :rvalue) do |args|
+        res = Array.new
+        Resolv::DNS.new.each_address(args[0]){ |addr|
+            res << addr
+        }
+        res.uniq
+	end
+end
+