Excerpts from Robert Young's message of vie oct 28 04:11:57 -0300 2011: > I am just wondering, why "localhost" entry in /etc/hosts is editable > and why 127.0.0.1 not fixed with loopback interface? > should you agree with that we should submit a patch to kernel to > resolve "localhost" to 127.0.0.1 statically need no entry in > /etc/hosts and loopback interface bind to 127.0.0.1 not changeable? > If your answer is NO.
Maybe you can define localhost as an IPv6 address. > Why you give me this option to configure /etc/hosts or loopback > interface as well as deprive my option which hostname or IP for > statistics_collector to listen on? > Why operating system designed flexible and database system wrote in > hard-coding? Are you solving a real problem here? -- Álvaro Herrera <alvhe...@commandprompt.com> The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. PostgreSQL Replication, Consulting, Custom Development, 24x7 support -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
