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| author | Laurent Bercot <ska-skaware@skarnet.org> | 2023-11-17 20:23:56 +0000 |
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| committer | Laurent Bercot <ska@appnovation.com> | 2023-11-17 20:23:56 +0000 |
| commit | d06529686f89074fd4fa574ac6012f8a873e7857 (patch) | |
| tree | e2fd4e499d8a633feeff288a9d42e904abca8903 /doc/s6-dns-hosts-compile.html | |
| parent | 9d432bd8a07dd36247339c40fa6bf2719600fdb2 (diff) | |
| download | s6-dns-d06529686f89074fd4fa574ac6012f8a873e7857.tar.xz | |
Prepare for 2.3.7.0; ignore link-local addresses in /etc/hosts
Signed-off-by: Laurent Bercot <ska@appnovation.com>
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diff --git a/doc/s6-dns-hosts-compile.html b/doc/s6-dns-hosts-compile.html index 537c025..2fecdc1 100644 --- a/doc/s6-dns-hosts-compile.html +++ b/doc/s6-dns-hosts-compile.html @@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ than <tt>/etc/hosts.cdb</tt>, they will not use <tt>/etc/hosts.cdb</tt> and will perform the compilation step into a temporary file. So, remember to run s6-dns-hosts-compile after modifying your <tt>/etc/hosts</tt> if you want to keep the tiny performance improvement. </li> + <li> Some tools write link-local addresses in <tt>/etc/hosts</tt> i.e. IPv6 addresses +followed by a <tt>%</tt> (percent) and a network interface name. This is nonstandard +and unusable with the DNS protocol, which does not take interface names into +account. <tt>s6-dns-hosts-compile</tt> will ignore such lines if they appear in +your hosts file. </li> </ul> </body> |