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authorLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2006-01-27 20:33:25 +0000
committerLennart Poettering <lennart@poettering.net>2006-01-27 20:33:25 +0000
commit4ecb5cd013710a7871f58b68fa118b7f1a58ac8d (patch)
treeef6a51305282d30dc73616efe94fa4769a6155ed /avahi-common
parentf3d66c3d13ca21275c80d16393d9fadd913c64ae (diff)
Update doxygen docs a little to make clearer when to use what API when modifying an existing service
git-svn-id: file:///home/lennart/svn/public/avahi/trunk@1113 941a03a8-eaeb-0310-b9a0-b1bbd8fe43fe
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diff --git a/avahi-common/defs.h b/avahi-common/defs.h
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--- a/avahi-common/defs.h
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@@ -118,9 +118,16 @@
* avahi_alternative_service_name()) and commit again. Please do not
* free the entry group and create a new one. This would inhibit some
* traffic limiting algorithms in mDNS.
- * - When you need to modify your services, use the AVAHI_PUBLISH_UPDATE flag. Please do not
- * free the entry group and create a new one. This would inhibit some
- * traffic limiting algorithms in mDNS.
+ * - When you need to modify your services (i.e. change the TXT data
+ * or the port number), use the AVAHI_PUBLISH_UPDATE flag. Please do
+ * not free the entry group and create a new one. This would inhibit
+ * some traffic limiting algorithms in mDNS. When changing just the
+ * TXT data avahi_entry_group_update_txt() is a shortcut for
+ * AVAHI_PUBLISH_UPDATE. Please note that you cannot use
+ * AVAHI_PUBLISH_UPDATE when changing the service name! Renaming a
+ * DNS-SD service is identical to deleting and creating a new one, and
+ * that's exactly what you should do in that case. First call
+ * avahi_entry_group_reset() to remove it and than readd it normally.
*
* The linked functions belong to avahi-client. They all have counterparts in the DBUS API and avahi-core.
*