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author | Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> | 2021-05-25 15:16:24 +0000 |
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committer | Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org> | 2022-11-14 08:16:46 +0000 |
commit | 6d105d73ca5c6301d4cd5942771082054a9c6df1 (patch) | |
tree | 9d72be49e1f30a6ca356b53172a74ae405df2aec | |
parent | 9400d17e9a4dce9389417782a5dbb7ee308a027e (diff) | |
download | src-6d105d73ca5c6301d4cd5942771082054a9c6df1.tar.gz src-6d105d73ca5c6301d4cd5942771082054a9c6df1.zip |
man5/{hosts,resolver}.5: note that IPv6 addresses are allowed.
The patch in the PR largely no longer applied due to age, but
thanks to Evgeniy Khramtsov for the patches in the PR.
PR: 120024
Reported by: bcran
Approved by: blackend (mentor)
Obtained from: Evgeniy Khramtsov <evgeniy@khramtsov.org> (partly)
(cherry picked from commit a23b08cf98d92ff82adeebc84673e9bd3cd0a6da)
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/hosts.5 | 10 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man5/resolver.5 | 4 |
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man5/hosts.5 b/share/man/man5/hosts.5 index d80c544b3644..ca7586f039b7 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/hosts.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/hosts.5 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)hosts.5 8.2 (Berkeley) 12/11/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd December 25, 2013 +.Dd May 25, 2021 .Dt HOSTS 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -64,9 +64,10 @@ These include addresses for the local interfaces that .Xr ifconfig 8 needs at boot time and a few machines on the local network. .Pp -Network addresses are specified in the conventional -``.'' (dot) notation using the -.Xr inet_addr 3 +Network addresses are specified in either the conventional +``.'' (dot) notation for IPv4 or colon hexadecimal notation for IPv6, +as understood by the +.Xr inet_pton 3 routine from the Internet address manipulation library, .Xr inet 3 . @@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ file resides in .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr gethostbyname 3 , +.Xr inet 3 , .Xr nsswitch.conf 5 , .Xr ifconfig 8 .Rs diff --git a/share/man/man5/resolver.5 b/share/man/man5/resolver.5 index cc439f123442..d5c02599bafb 100644 --- a/share/man/man5/resolver.5 +++ b/share/man/man5/resolver.5 @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ .\" @(#)resolver.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" -.Dd August 16, 2018 +.Dd May 25, 2021 .Dt RESOLVER 5 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ and the domain search path is constructed from the domain name. The different configuration options are: .Bl -tag -width nameserver .It Sy nameserver -Internet address (in dot notation) of a name server +IPv4 or IPv6 address of a name server that the resolver should query. Up to .Dv MAXNS |