peerdb/tripe-newpeers.in: Add support for v4 and v6 address literals.

[tripe] / peerdb / peers.in.5.in

diff --git a/peerdb/peers.in.5.in b/peerdb/peers.in.5.in
index 4e6d5ca..6aa8ffc 100644 (file)
--- a/peerdb/peers.in.5.in
+++ b/peerdb/peers.in.5.in
@@ -97,9 +97,19 @@ consist of zero or more of the following characters:
 looks up the
 .IR host 's
 IPv4 address(es);
+.RB ` 6 '
+looks up the
+.IR host 's
+IPv6 address(es);
+and
 .RB ` * '
 returns all of the found addresses, separated by spaces, rather than
-just the first one.
+just the first one.  If neither address family is requested, then
+.RB ` 46 '
+is assumed.  Currently,
+.BR tripe-newpeers(8)
+can only resolve hostnames to IPv4 addresses, but it can `resolve'
+numeric addresses of either kind.
 .PP
 There is a simple concept of
 .I inheritance