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1 | From 8dde16b89efe2138f92cbfa6c59fb31dc80ec22a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 |
| 2 | From: Jeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org> | |
| 3 | Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2019 14:45:27 +0000 | |
| 4 | Subject: [PATCH 2/5] Docs: Add note on lsearch for IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses | |
| 5 | ||
| 6 | Cherry-picked from: 52af443324, c77d3d85fe | |
| 7 | --- | |
| 8 | doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt | 11 ++++++++++- | |
| 9 | doc/ChangeLog | 2 +- | |
| 10 | 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) | |
| 11 | ||
| 12 | --- a/doc/ChangeLog | |
| 13 | +++ b/doc/ChangeLog | |
| 14 | @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ JH/07 GnuTLS: Our use of late (post-hand | |
| 15 | TLS connection attempt, so that the normal retry-in-clear can work (if | |
| 16 | suitably configured). | |
| 17 | ||
| 18 | -JB/01 BZg 2375: fix expansions of 822 addresses having comments in local-part | |
| 19 | +JB/01 Bug 2375: fix expansions of 822 addresses having comments in local-part | |
| 20 | and/or domain. Found and fixed by Jason Betts. | |
| 21 | ||
| 22 | ||
| 23 | --- a/doc/spec.txt | |
| 24 | +++ b/doc/spec.txt | |
| 25 | @@ -6302,6 +6302,10 @@ The following single-key lookup types ar | |
| 26 | implicit key is the host's IP address rather than its name (see section | |
| 27 | 10.12). | |
| 28 | ||
| 29 | + Warning 3: Do not use an IPv4-mapped IPv6 address for a key; use the | |
| 30 | + IPv4, in dotted-quad form. (Exim converts IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses to | |
| 31 | + this notation before executing the lookup.) | |
| 32 | + | |
| 33 | * lsearch: The given file is a text file that is searched linearly for a line | |
| 34 | beginning with the search key, terminated by a colon or white space or the | |
| 35 | end of the line. The search is case-insensitive; that is, upper and lower | |
| 36 | @@ -8003,7 +8007,11 @@ quote keys was made available in lsearch | |
| 37 | implemented iplsearch files do require colons in IPv6 keys (notated using the | |
| 38 | quoting facility) so as to distinguish them from IPv4 keys. For this reason, | |
| 39 | when the lookup type is iplsearch, IPv6 addresses are converted using colons | |
| 40 | -and not dots. In all cases, full, unabbreviated IPv6 addresses are always used. | |
| 41 | +and not dots. | |
| 42 | + | |
| 43 | +In all cases except IPv4-mapped IPv6, full, unabbreviated IPv6 addresses | |
| 44 | +are always used. The latter are converted to IPv4 addresses, in dotted-quad | |
| 45 | +form. | |
| 46 | ||
| 47 | Ideally, it would be nice to tidy up this anomalous situation by changing to | |
| 48 | colons in all cases, given that quoting is now available for lsearch. However, |