From b471765d40a2a8a94f90af46ac6903e3786aec5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eugenio Lacuesta <eugenio.lacuesta@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2020 01:52:29 -0300
Subject: [PATCH] [doc] FAQ entry about the IPv6 and the DNS_RESOLVER setting

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 docs/faq.rst | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/docs/faq.rst b/docs/faq.rst
index aae2411e0..b789a8cdb 100644
--- a/docs/faq.rst
+++ b/docs/faq.rst
@@ -353,6 +353,13 @@ method for this purpose. For example::
                     for _ in range(item['multiply_by']):
                         yield deepcopy(item)
 
+Does Scrapy support IPv6 addresses?
+-----------------------------------
+
+Yes, by setting :setting:`DNS_RESOLVER` to ``scrapy.resolver.CachingHostnameResolver``.
+Note that by doing so, you lose the ability to set a specific timeout for DNS requests
+(the value of the :setting:`DNS_TIMEOUT` setting is ignored).
+
 
 .. _user agents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_agent
 .. _LIFO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stack_(abstract_data_type)