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authorDr. David von Oheimb <David.von.Oheimb@siemens.com>2021-05-19 17:20:53 +0200
committerPauli <pauli@openssl.org>2021-05-21 10:06:35 +1000
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BIO_s_accept.pod: Document port auto-selection feature of BIO_set_accept_port()
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org> Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <pauli@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/15354)
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diff --git a/doc/man3/BIO_s_accept.pod b/doc/man3/BIO_s_accept.pod
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+++ b/doc/man3/BIO_s_accept.pod
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ port. "port" has the same syntax as the port specified in
BIO_set_conn_port() for connect BIOs, that is it can be a numerical
port string or a string to lookup using getservbyname() and a string
table.
+If the given port is C<0> then a random available port is chosen.
+It may be queried using BIO_sock_info() and L<BIO_ADDR_service_string(3)>.
BIO_new_accept() combines BIO_new() and BIO_set_accept_name() into
a single call: that is it creates a new accept BIO with port