From 5d36bdf490af6aeab3796660a044e1c0e1620ecc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Stenberg Date: Mon, 8 May 2023 14:28:38 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE.3: clarify that this for host names, not IP addresses Reported-by: Harry Sintonen Closes #11087 --- docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE.3 | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE.3 b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE.3 index 353796977b..ec9d6b7c6f 100644 --- a/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE.3 +++ b/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE.3 @@ -34,8 +34,13 @@ CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_IPRESOLVE, long resolve); .SH DESCRIPTION Allows an application to select what kind of IP addresses to use when establishing a connection or choosing one from the connection pool. This is -interesting when using host names that resolve addresses using more than -one version of IP. The allowed values are: +interesting when using host names that resolve to more than one version of IP. + +If the URL provided for a transfer contains a numerical IP version as a host +name, this option will not override or prohibit libcurl from using that IP +version. + +Available values for this option are: .IP CURL_IPRESOLVE_WHATEVER Default, can use addresses of all IP versions that your system allows. .IP CURL_IPRESOLVE_V4 -- 2.47.3