Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Improve postmaster's logging oflisten socket creation. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Tom Lane wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> > So now on every startup I get this:
> 
> > 2017-03-13 10:08:49.399 EDT [90059] LOG:  listening on IPv6 address "::1"
> > 2017-03-13 10:08:49.399 EDT [90059] LOG:  listening on IPv4 address "127.0.0.1"
> > 2017-03-13 10:08:49.400 EDT [90059] LOG:  listening on Unix address
> > "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432"
> 
> > I think the idea that this is worth three lines of log output (out of
> > a total of six) is hard to stomach.
> 
> You were in the minority before on the usefulness of this output, and
> I think you still are.  Personally I've already found it useful to be
> able to check that buildfarm runs are binding to (only) the addresses
> they're supposed to.

I think it's good to have it, but I would argue that it should be a
single line that lists all the addresses instead.

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