Re: IPv6 patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Larry Rosenman
Subject Re: IPv6 patch
Date
Msg-id 117510000.1041960225@lerlaptop.iadfw.net
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In response to Re: IPv6 patch  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: IPv6 patch  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
List pgsql-hackers

--On Tuesday, January 07, 2003 12:20:31 -0500 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> 
wrote:

> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
>> We already do.  The issue is what way should we give admins to _fail_ if
>> IPv6 doesn't start.
>
> What is "IPv6 doesn't start"?  Either the machine has IPv6 addresses,
> or it doesn't.  It is not our job to notify the DBA what the addresses
> on his machine are.
In the UnixWare case, you can't even find out if there is an IPv6 address, 
and
the API returns a wierd error, IIRC.


>
>             regards, tom lane



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