On Fri, 10 Mar 2017, Tom Lane wrote:
> It looks like what you have in pg_hba.conf is a raw copy of
> pg_hba.conf.sample, without any of the editing that initdb normally
> applies to it (to say nothing of manual adjustments you might make later).
Tom,
Actually, it has the modifications I've made over the years. That's why I
could not see what changed.
> It's hard to tell from the information given whether this is pilot error
> or something broken in SlackBuilds' upgrade script.
I've not modified the file in a while, and don't overwrite the existing
one when a new one is available. This is a new error for me.
> In any case, you should be able to fix it by making a copy of your
> pre-upgrade pg_hba.conf and shoving that back into the data directory
> afterwards;
I'll restore a backup copy from last month.
Thanks,
Rich