> > I don't know if the problem is isolated to just me, but I wanted to
> > suggest that we use a parameter for that, which can be configured in the
> > postgresql.conf, with a default value if it's not set, set to
> > localhost.
>
> I think you should first trace down what the problem really is --- is
> your system just misconfigured or is there some fundamental issue that
> we really ought to answer to?
The trouble on AIX is, that getaddrinfo only does a nameservice lookup,
no /etc/hosts. So if your nameservice does not have localhost ...
Same for `hostname`, if nameservice does not resolve `hostname` ...
Andreas
