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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/socket.py')
| -rwxr-xr-x | Lib/socket.py | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py index a64ae400ce..ef82c496cb 100755 --- a/Lib/socket.py +++ b/Lib/socket.py @@ -782,8 +782,9 @@ def getfqdn(name=''): An empty argument is interpreted as meaning the local host. First the hostname returned by gethostbyaddr() is checked, then - possibly existing aliases. In case no FQDN is available, hostname - from gethostname() is returned. + possibly existing aliases. In case no FQDN is available and `name` + was given, it is returned unchanged. If `name` was empty or '0.0.0.0', + hostname from gethostname() is returned. """ name = name.strip() if not name or name == '0.0.0.0': |