resolver problem with Opera

Hi,

It seems that Opera on -current ignores /etc/hosts on my system: the 
hostname I type in the address bar is resolved using the nameserver
while there is an entry for it in /etc/hosts. Using konqueror, name
resolution is as expected, it resolves to the local address specified
in /etc/hosts.

On -stable, Opera correctly resolves the hostname using /etc/hosts.

Assuming it has something to do with the compat4x libs, I grabbed
a tcsh binary from a -stable system and used that to ping the host
on the local network (see below). Looks fine, it resolves to the
local address.

[karelj_at_athlon]~> uname -a
FreeBSD athlon.kayjay.xs4all.nl 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #3: Tue May 18 08:05:18 CEST 2004     karelj_at_athlon.kayjay.xs4all.nl:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/KAYJAY  i386
[karelj_at_athlon]~> file tcsh
tcsh: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (FreeBSD), for FreeBSD 4.9, statically linked, stripped
[karelj_at_athlon]~> ./tcsh
[karelj_at_athlon]~> ping kayjay.xs4all.nl
PING kayjay.xs4all.nl (192.168.0.4): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 192.168.0.4: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=2.362 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.4: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.280 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.0.4: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.286 ms
^C
--- kayjay.xs4all.nl ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 0.280/0.976/2.362/0.980 ms
[karelj_at_athlon]~>

Any idea where to look further? 
Karel.