From: Remi Gacogne <remi.gacogne@powerdns.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 11:10:35 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: dnsdist: Document that IPv6 link-local addresses require the interface
X-Git-Tag: dnsdist-1.8.0-rc1~31^2
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=289af2b7e697a77dc04c9464a760552e9ab7ca5c;p=thirdparty%2Fpdns.git

dnsdist: Document that IPv6 link-local addresses require the interface
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diff --git a/pdns/dnsdistdist/docs/reference/config.rst b/pdns/dnsdistdist/docs/reference/config.rst
index dbf9cc7032..a9d2c27071 100644
--- a/pdns/dnsdistdist/docs/reference/config.rst
+++ b/pdns/dnsdistdist/docs/reference/config.rst
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ Listen Sockets
   .. versionchanged:: 1.6.0
     Added ``maxInFlight`` and ``maxConcurrentTCPConnections`` parameters.
 
-  Add to the list of listen addresses.
+  Add to the list of listen addresses. Note that for IPv6 link-local addresses, it might be necessary to specify the interface to use: ``fe80::1%eth0``. On recent Linux versions specifying the interface via the ``interface`` parameter should work as well.
 
   :param str address: The IP Address with an optional port to listen on.
                       The default port is 53.