man-pages/man-pages_host-conf-mdns.patch

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--- man5/host.conf.5
+++ man5/host.conf.5
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
It should contain one configuration keyword per line, followed by
appropriate configuration information.
The keywords recognized are
-.IR order ", " trim ", " multi ", " nospoof ", " spoof ", and " reorder .
+.IR order ", " trim ", " mdns ", " multi ", " nospoof ", " spoof ", and " reorder .
These keywords are described below.
.TP
.I order
@@ -59,6 +59,23 @@
fully qualified or non-qualified, as appropriate for the local
installation.)
.TP
+.I mdns
+Valid values are
+.IR on " and " off .
+If set to
+.IR on ,
+the resolv+ library treats the
+.I .local
+top level domain as link-local domain and sends multicast DNS
+requests to the multicast address 224.0.0.251 port 5353 instead
+of normal DNS requests. If you already use the
+.I .local
+domain in your nameserver configuration you will have to switch this
+option off. See http://www.multicastdns.org for more information on
+multicast DNS.
+.I on
+by default.
+.TP
.I multi
Valid values are
.IR on " and " off .