[vlc-commits] NEWS: --http-host expects URL-style bracket-enclosed IPv6 addresses

Pierre Ynard git at videolan.org
Sun Jan 1 16:57:12 CET 2012


vlc | branch: master | Pierre Ynard <linkfanel at yahoo.fr> | Sun Jan  1 16:56:01 2012 +0100| [f4ef5cd57b7086b2d2bd32f831ce63f8273c6d57] | committer: Pierre Ynard

NEWS: --http-host expects URL-style bracket-enclosed IPv6 addresses

Unfortunately there is not much we can do until we ditch the legacy
<host>:<port> syntax for good

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/vlc.git/?a=commit;h=f4ef5cd57b7086b2d2bd32f831ce63f8273c6d57
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 NEWS |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index fd1a92e..8ba8688 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ Important notes:
    - --disc-caching specifies caching for local optical media.
    All values are expressed in milliseconds as in previous versions.
  * HTTP server IP address, port, and TLS configuration is now centralized:
-   - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=2001:db8::1".
-     By default, both :: and 0.0.0.0 are used.
+   - The --http-host option sets the address, e.g. "--http-host=[2001:db8::1]".
+     By default, both [::] and 0.0.0.0 are used.
    - The --http-port and --https-port options set the port numbers.
      By default, 8080 is used for HTTP, and 8443 for HTTPS.
    - The TLS credentials are configured with --http-cert (public certificate),



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