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authorandrei kulakov <andrei.avk@gmail.com>2021-08-26 18:40:28 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2021-08-26 18:40:28 (GMT)
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bpo-40635: Fix getfqdn() docstring and docs (GH-27971)
Co-authored-by: Ɓukasz Langa <lukasz@langa.pl>
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diff --git a/Lib/socket.py b/Lib/socket.py
index a64ae40..ef82c49 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':