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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/processes.texi | 6 |
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/processes.texi b/doc/lispref/processes.texi index 2ba5b1c893a..287221a184d 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/processes.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/processes.texi @@ -2685,7 +2685,11 @@ the local host. If you specify @var{host} for a server, it must specify a valid address for the local host, and only clients connecting to that address will be accepted. When using @code{local}, by default IPv4 will be used, specify a @var{family} of @code{ipv6} to -override this. +override this. To listen on all interfaces, specify an address of +@samp{"0.0.0.0"} for IPv4 or @samp{"::"} for IPv6. Note that on some +operating systems, listening on @samp{"::"} will also listen on IPv4, +so attempting to then listen separately on IPv4 will result in +@code{EADDRINUSE} errors (@samp{"Address already in use"}). @item :service @var{service} @var{service} specifies a port number to connect to; or, for a server, |