Both resolver(5) and hosts(5) say the addresses are specified in dot notation. Since IPv6 addresses are colon-delimited this is no longer valid. How-To-Repeat: 'man 5 resolver' and 'man 5 hosts'.
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A commit in branch main references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=a23b08cf98d92ff82adeebc84673e9bd3cd0a6da commit a23b08cf98d92ff82adeebc84673e9bd3cd0a6da Author: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-05-25 15:16:24 +0000 Commit: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2021-05-25 15:23:20 +0000 man5/{hosts,resolver}.5: note that IPv6 addresses are allowed. The patch in the PR largely no longer applied due to age, but thanks to Evgeniy Khramtsov for the patches in the PR. PR: 120024 Reported by: bcran Approved by: blackend (mentor) Obtained from: Evgeniy Khramtsov <evgeniy@khramtsov.org> (partly) share/man/man5/hosts.5 | 10 ++++++---- share/man/man5/resolver.5 | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
A commit in branch stable/13 references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=2b1bb1d4a66d6d791ebbbe05cfad7c49646daa22 commit 2b1bb1d4a66d6d791ebbbe05cfad7c49646daa22 Author: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-05-25 15:16:24 +0000 Commit: Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2022-09-24 08:30:24 +0000 man5/{hosts,resolver}.5: note that IPv6 addresses are allowed. The patch in the PR largely no longer applied due to age, but thanks to Evgeniy Khramtsov for the patches in the PR. PR: 120024 Reported by: bcran Approved by: blackend (mentor) Obtained from: Evgeniy Khramtsov <evgeniy@khramtsov.org> (partly) (cherry picked from commit a23b08cf98d92ff82adeebc84673e9bd3cd0a6da) share/man/man5/hosts.5 | 10 ++++++---- share/man/man5/resolver.5 | 2 +- 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
A commit in branch stable/12 references this bug: URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=6d105d73ca5c6301d4cd5942771082054a9c6df1 commit 6d105d73ca5c6301d4cd5942771082054a9c6df1 Author: Ceri Davies <ceri@FreeBSD.org> AuthorDate: 2021-05-25 15:16:24 +0000 Commit: Gordon Bergling <gbe@FreeBSD.org> CommitDate: 2022-11-14 08:16:46 +0000 man5/{hosts,resolver}.5: note that IPv6 addresses are allowed. The patch in the PR largely no longer applied due to age, but thanks to Evgeniy Khramtsov for the patches in the PR. PR: 120024 Reported by: bcran Approved by: blackend (mentor) Obtained from: Evgeniy Khramtsov <evgeniy@khramtsov.org> (partly) (cherry picked from commit a23b08cf98d92ff82adeebc84673e9bd3cd0a6da) share/man/man5/hosts.5 | 10 ++++++---- share/man/man5/resolver.5 | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)