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Diffstat (limited to 'src/process.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/process.c | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c index ec1b9586db5..ac82f12debb 100644 --- a/src/process.c +++ b/src/process.c @@ -3170,7 +3170,9 @@ usage: (make-network-process &rest ARGS) */) if (!NILP (host)) { if (EQ (host, Qlocal)) - host = build_string ("localhost"); + /* Depending on setup, "localhost" may map to different IPv4 and/or + IPv6 addresses, so it's better to be explicit. (Bug#6781) */ + host = build_string ("127.0.0.1"); CHECK_STRING (host); } |