On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 2:13 PM, Tom Lane<tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> Merlin Moncure <mmoncure@gmail.com> writes:
>> I confirmed the aix problem on 4.3.3. Installed the patches and
>> updated postgres 8.4b2 removing the aix hack. Server starts fine:
>
>> $ LOG: could not bind IPv6 socket: Addr family not supported by protocol
>> HINT: Is another postmaster already running on port 5432? If not,
>> wait a few seconds and retry.
>> LOG: database system was shut down at 2009-06-11 13:23:32 EDT
>> LOG: autovacuum launcher started
>> LOG: database system is ready to accept connection
>
>> psql logs in. I don't know if the problem we identified this sprint
>> is still present...not too concered about that. pull the AIX
>> getaddrinfo check and go with it... no problems as best I can tell.
>> (out of time for this today).
>
> OK, we'll go with that for RC1. I'll put a nonspecific note into the
> docs suggesting a system update if trouble is encountered, but it would
> be nice if we could add some information about exactly which fixes are
> needed.
I just pulled the aix rollup pack...and would expect others to do the
same. It hasn't been updated since 2004-ish.
merlin