Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
>
>>IIRC, in previous versions any bind failure was fatal, but in 8.0 we
>>decided to be slightly more forgiving and only bail out if we failed
>>to bind at all.
>>
>>
>
>I realize that, but I would like to know where that bright idea came
>from in violation of all other principles of this and any other
>software. I recall that it had something to do with IPv6, but I'm not
>sure.
>
>
>
It came from the fertile brain of Tom Lane :-)
see http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-03/msg00679.php
I think "violation of all other principles of this and any other
software" is far too strong.
cheers
andrew
