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| author | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2019-02-26 20:18:51 +0000 |
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| committer | Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | 2019-02-26 20:18:51 +0000 |
| commit | c77d3d85fe96486e8e9b42a287c541193d87ed5d (patch) | |
| tree | 2b56758d86e3a4f295fa6a56987759b17f780b70 | |
| parent | 52af44332434a2a34ae30f3d0ac3b549d512e4cc (diff) | |
Docs: Add note on lsearch for IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt index 834f210ce..c21bc0dcc 100644 --- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt +++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt @@ -8683,8 +8683,12 @@ to quote keys was made available in &(lsearch)& files. However, the more recently implemented &(iplsearch)& files do require colons in IPv6 keys (notated using the quoting facility) so as to distinguish them from IPv4 keys. For this reason, when the lookup type is &(iplsearch)&, IPv6 addresses are -converted using colons and not dots. In all cases, full, unabbreviated IPv6 +converted using colons and not dots. +.new +In all cases except IPv4-mapped IPv6, full, unabbreviated IPv6 addresses are always used. +The latter are converted to IPv4 addresses, in dotted-quad form. +.wen Ideally, it would be nice to tidy up this anomalous situation by changing to colons in all cases, given that quoting is now available for &(lsearch)&. |