Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Clarify description of CIDR-address column

2006-11-17 Thread Tom Lane
Andrew Dunstan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tom Lane wrote: Clarify description of CIDR-address column of pg_hba.conf, to discourage people from trying notations like '10.6/16', which is accepted but does not mean what you probably think. Per example from Paul Forgey. Isn't the real problem

Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Clarify description of CIDR-address column

2006-11-17 Thread Tom Lane
Florian G. Pflug [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Andrew Dunstan [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Isn't the real problem here that 10.6 doesn't mean what you probably think? I'm curious now - what _does_ 10.6/16 mean? I can't imagine any sensible meaning apart from 10.6.0.0/16... 10.6 means the same as