telnet/netkit-telnet-0.17-manpage.patch
Michal Ruprich 71aa42f7b1 Resolves: #1445259 - telnet won't build with latest gcc
added note about address resolution in manpage
2017-04-25 14:27:04 +02:00

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diff --git a/telnet/telnet.1 b/telnet/telnet.1
index f30e034..e3a873e 100644
--- a/telnet/telnet.1
+++ b/telnet/telnet.1
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ If it is invoked with arguments, it performs an
.Ic open
command with those arguments.
.Pp
+If a hostname is resolved to multiple IP addresses,
+.Nm
+attempts to establish a connection with each address until one of them is successful or until no more addresses are left.
+.Pp
The options are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Fl 4