Re: Re: [PATCHES] PostgreSQL virtual hosting support

> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > > Bruce Momjian writes:
> > >
> > > > I am tempted to apply this. This is the second person who asked for
> > > > binding to a single port. The patch looks quite complete, with doc
> > > > changes. It appears to be a thorough job.
> > >
> > > Postmaster options are evil, please put something in backend/utils/guc.c.
> > > (This is not the fault of the patch submitter, since this interface is new
> > > for 7.1, but that still doesn't mean we should subvert it.)
> >
> > I have put code in guc.c to handle this, but there still are postmaster
> > options for it too.
>
> What happened to the concerns that were raised? The socket file is a lock
> file, you cannot just move it around.
>

Uhh, not sure. The administrator can control it. If they bypass our
checks by specifying a non-standard location, aren't they on their own?

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