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@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ which should be in <tt>/etc/hosts</tt> format, into a cdb file
written to file descriptor <tt>fdw</tt>. <tt>fdr</tt> must be
open for reading, and <tt>fdw</tt> must be open for writing and
seekable. The function returns 1 on success and 0 (and sets errno)
-on failure.
+on failure. A syntax error in the text file results in failure,
+but link-local addresses are silently ignored.
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