GNU bug report logs - #34617
27.0.50; Can't bind a server process to all interfaces?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:46:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 27.0.50

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 34617 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34617: 27.0.50; Can't bind a server process to all interfaces?
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 15:05:41 +0100

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Somebody on irc told me that
>
>   :host "0.0.0.0"
>
> will give me the INADDR_ANY thing I want...  So perhaps that should just
> be added to the doc string?

And the same somebody pointed out that then you can't listen to ipv6 and
ipv4 at the same time.  Probably?

So perhaps there should be a

  :host 'any

thing to just listen to a port on all available interfaces...

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