Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
The intention is to make "localhost" the default. That should translate to 127.0.0.1 and ::1 (if they have ipv6 on). Of course, if they have a broken resolver things might get sticky, but that is true now anyway.
Just to be clear: right now, if "localhost" doesn't resolve then the stats collector will not start, but this doesn't prevent use of the database. It might be a good idea to ensure that the same is still true after making this change; that is, invalid entries in listen_addresses should only provoke warnings and not refusal to start (assuming that we are able to find at least one valid socket to listen to, of course). I believe that right now, any bad entry in virtual_host causes the postmaster to error out. That's defensible from one point of view but on balance I think it's overly paranoid. Any other opinions out there?
Makes sense - we are not giving anything away but *not* listening to something.
I did wonder if we should treate "localhost" as a bit special and not rely on the resolver for it.
cheers
andrew
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