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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/processes.texi | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/process.c | 5 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/processes.texi b/doc/lispref/processes.texi index 6970f718ee0..94818beb4c9 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/processes.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/processes.texi @@ -3082,7 +3082,8 @@ signaled. Call @code{puny-encode-domain} on @var{name} first if you wish to lookup internationalized hostnames. If successful it returns a list of Lisp representations of network -addresses, otherwise it returns @code{nil}. +addresses, otherwise it returns @code{nil}. In the latter case, it +also displays the error message hopefully explaining what went wrong. By default both IPv4 and IPv6 lookups are attempted. The optional argument @var{family} controls this behavior, specifying the symbol diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c index 91d426103d8..27808848972 100644 --- a/src/process.c +++ b/src/process.c @@ -4664,12 +4664,13 @@ network_lookup_address_info_1 (Lisp_Object host, const char *service, DEFUN ("network-lookup-address-info", Fnetwork_lookup_address_info, Snetwork_lookup_address_info, 1, 2, 0, - doc: /* Look up ip address info of NAME. + doc: /* Look up Internet Protocol (IP) address info of NAME. Optional parameter FAMILY controls whether to look up IPv4 or IPv6 addresses. The default of nil means both, symbol `ipv4' means IPv4 only, symbol `ipv6' means IPv6 only. Returns a list of addresses, or nil if none were found. Each address is a vector of integers, as per -the description of ADDRESS in `make-network-process'. */) +the description of ADDRESS in `make-network-process'. In case of +error displays the error message. */) (Lisp_Object name, Lisp_Object family) { Lisp_Object addresses = Qnil; |