The branch main has been updated by ceri (doc committer):
URL:
https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=a23b08cf98d92ff82adeebc84673e9bd3cd0a6da
commit a23b08cf98d92ff82adeebc84673e9bd3cd0a6da
Author: Ceri Davies <c...@freebsd.org>
AuthorDate: 2021-05-25 15:16:24 +0000
Commit: Ceri Davies <c...@freebsd.org>
CommitDate: 2021-05-25 15:23:20 +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 <evge...@khramtsov.org> (partly)
---
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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