summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/lib/libc/net
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authoralex <alex@FreeBSD.org>2001-05-08 11:21:15 +0000
committeralex <alex@FreeBSD.org>2001-05-08 11:21:15 +0000
commitebaec1dfe06f27da691611d6a198f5289db92d0c (patch)
tree5557e77e3ec4bf3b646d52e94b4429908eb6a1cd /lib/libc/net
parentfd84041b002957f6614cb50c4a67060c64e1c99a (diff)
downloadFreeBSD-src-ebaec1dfe06f27da691611d6a198f5289db92d0c.zip
FreeBSD-src-ebaec1dfe06f27da691611d6a198f5289db92d0c.tar.gz
gethostbyname2() can't do AF_INET6 lookups over NIS.
getaddrinfo(3) must be used. Submitted by: ume
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/libc/net')
-rw-r--r--lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.37
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3 b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
index 42c4e27..0e5ba38 100644
--- a/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
+++ b/lib/libc/net/gethostbyname.3
@@ -357,3 +357,10 @@ if the data is needed for future use, it should be
copied before any subsequent calls overwrite it.
Only the Internet
address format is currently understood.
+.Pp
+.Fn gethostbyname2
+cannot perform
+.Dv AF_INET6
+lookups over NIS.
+.Xr getaddrinfo 3
+must be used instead.
OpenPOWER on IntegriCloud