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Document how to listen on all interfaces in the Elisp manual

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* doc/lispref/processes.texi (Network Processes): Explain how to
listen on all interfaces.
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@ -2685,7 +2685,11 @@ the local host. If you specify @var{host} for a server, it must
specify a valid address for the local host, and only clients
connecting to that address will be accepted. When using @code{local},
by default IPv4 will be used, specify a @var{family} of @code{ipv6} to
override this.
override this. To listen on all interfaces, specify an address of
@samp{"0.0.0.0"} for IPv4 or @samp{"::"} for IPv6. Note that on some
operating systems, listening on @samp{"::"} will also listen on IPv4,
so attempting to then listen separately on IPv4 will result in
@code{EADDRINUSE} errors (@samp{"Address already in use"}).
@item :service @var{service}
@var{service} specifies a port number to connect to; or, for a server,