From e4c761043a1549e36e2e3f08aa44ca103b28ef51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: itojun <> Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2000 11:51:08 +0000 Subject: always enable IPv6 address in /etc/hosts (via _gethtent()). clarify RES_USE_INET6. the use of this bit is not meaningful on openbsd (as we don't have mapped addr support in kernel). --- src/lib/libc/net/resolver.3 | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/lib/libc/net/resolver.3') diff --git a/src/lib/libc/net/resolver.3 b/src/lib/libc/net/resolver.3 index 27d393193d..9b2471d823 100644 --- a/src/lib/libc/net/resolver.3 +++ b/src/lib/libc/net/resolver.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: resolver.3,v 1.12 1999/07/05 04:41:00 aaron Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: resolver.3,v 1.13 2000/01/03 11:51:08 itojun Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1985, 1991, 1993 .\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. @@ -171,7 +171,11 @@ This is used by the standard host lookup routine .Xr gethostbyname 3 . This option is enabled by default. .It Dv RES_USE_INET6 -Enable support for IPv6 addresses. +Enables support for IPv6-only applications. +This causes IPv4 addresses to be returned as an IPv4 mapped address. +For example, 10.1.1.1 will be returned as ::ffff:10.1.1.1. +The option is not meaningful on +.Ox . .El .Pp The -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb