Re: Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL virtual hosting support - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL virtual hosting support
Date
Msg-id 200011132330.SAA14780@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Re: Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL virtual hosting support  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL virtual hosting support
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> Bruce Momjian writes:
> 
> > > Bruce Momjian writes:
> > > 
> > > > I am tempted to apply this.  This is the second person who asked for
> > > > binding to a single port.  The patch looks quite complete, with doc
> > > > changes.  It appears to be a thorough job.
> > > 
> > > Postmaster options are evil, please put something in backend/utils/guc.c.  
> > > (This is not the fault of the patch submitter, since this interface is new
> > > for 7.1, but that still doesn't mean we should subvert it.)
> > 
> > I have put code in guc.c to handle this, but there still are postmaster
> > options for it too.
> 
> What happened to the concerns that were raised?  The socket file is a lock
> file, you cannot just move it around.
> 

Uhh, not sure.  The administrator can control it.  If they bypass our
checks by specifying a non-standard location, aren't they on their own?


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