Re: IPv6 patch

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Rocco Altier <RoccoA(at)Routescape(dot)com>, Nigel Kukard <nkukard(at)lbsd(dot)net>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: IPv6 patch
Date: 2003-01-27 21:32:14
Message-ID: 200301272132.h0RLWEQ08862@candle.pha.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
>
> > However, the server log messages stating an IPv6 socket was not made is
> > only printed if the binary supports IPv6. The message seems to be a
> > compromise between those who wanted a separate IPv6 GUC/flag and those
> > who wanted it to silently fail on IPv6.
>
> I'm not sure. Those who wanted silence don't get any silence and those
> who wanted a configurable hard failure get neither the configurability nor
> any failure.

That is the compromise. Neither gets what they want, but the final
solution is closer to each. This is probably the best we can do.

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