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gethostbyname.3: Add some detail for NO_DATA
authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Sun, 12 Apr 2015 08:12:27 +0000 (10:12 +0200)
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Sun, 12 Apr 2015 13:49:57 +0000 (15:49 +0200)
Text consistent with POSIX and FreeBSD's gethostbyname() man page.

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
man3/gethostbyname.3

index 5252231f174ead702307d1a3d803a6939fd130cc..de22cb089becfac9f3d7dc537359cd836235d3ef 100644 (file)
@@ -297,6 +297,8 @@ The specified host is unknown.
 .TP
 .BR NO_DATA
 The requested name is valid but does not have an IP address.
+Another type of request to the name server for this domain
+may return an answer.
 The constant
 .BR NO_ADDRESS
 is a synonym for