Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 08:22:19 GMT
From: Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org>
To: src-committers@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-all@FreeBSD.org, dev-commits-src-branches@FreeBSD.org
Subject: git: 6d105d73ca5c - stable/12 - man5/{hosts,resolver}.5: note that IPv6 addresses are allowed.
Message-ID: <202211140822.2AE8MJZh083693@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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The branch stable/12 has been updated by gbe (doc committer): URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=6d105d73ca5c6301d4cd5942771082054a9c6df1 commit 6d105d73ca5c6301d4cd5942771082054a9c6df1 Author: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-05-25 15:16:24 +0000 Commit: Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2022-11-14 08:16:46 +0000 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) --- share/man/man5/hosts.5 | 10 ++++++---- 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
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