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diff --git a/docs/manual/bind.html.en b/docs/manual/bind.html.en index 6fa040244a..f5452df361 100644 --- a/docs/manual/bind.html.en +++ b/docs/manual/bind.html.en @@ -98,18 +98,14 @@ platforms. But even on systems where it is disallowed by default, a special configure parameter can change this behavior for Apache.</p> - <p>If you want Apache to handle IPv4 and IPv6 connections with a - minimum of sockets, which requires using IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses, - specify the <code>--enable-v4-mapped</code> configure option and use - generic Listen directives like the following:</p> - - <div class="example"><p><code> - Listen 80 - </code></p></div> - - <p>With <code>--enable-v4-mapped</code>, the Listen directives in the - default configuration file created by Apache will use this form. - <code>--enable-v4-mapped</code> is the default on all platforms but + <p>On the other hand, on some platforms such as Linux and Tru64 the + <strong>only</strong> way to handle both IPv6 and IPv4 is to use + mapped addresses. If you want Apache to handle IPv4 and IPv6 connections + with a minimum of sockets, which requires using IPv4-mapped IPv6 + addresses, specify the <code>--enable-v4-mapped</code> configure + option.</p> + + <p><code>--enable-v4-mapped</code> is the default on all platforms but FreeBSD, NetBSD, and OpenBSD, so this is probably how your Apache was built.</p> @@ -122,21 +118,11 @@ Listen 192.170.2.1:80 </code></p></div> - <p>If you want Apache to handle IPv4 and IPv6 connections on separate - sockets (i.e., to disable IPv4-mapped addresses), specify the - <code>--disable-v4-mapped</code> configure option and use specific Listen - directives like the following:</p> - - <div class="example"><p><code> - Listen [::]:80<br /> - Listen 0.0.0.0:80 - </code></p></div> - - <p>With <code>--disable-v4-mapped</code>, the Listen directives in the - default configuration file created by Apache will use this form. - <code>--disable-v4-mapped</code> is the default on FreeBSD, NetBSD, and - OpenBSD.</p> - + <p>If your platform supports it and you want Apache to handle IPv4 and + IPv6 connections on separate sockets (i.e., to disable IPv4-mapped + addresses), specify the <code>--disable-v4-mapped</code> configure + option. <code>--disable-v4-mapped</code> is the default on FreeBSD, + NetBSD, and OpenBSD.</p> </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div> <div class="section"> <h2><a name="virtualhost" id="virtualhost">How This Works With Virtual Hosts</a></h2> |