Re: 7.4.3 & 8.0.0beta1 + Solaris 9: default pg_hba.conf breaks

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Oliver Jowett <oliver(at)opencloud(dot)com>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: 7.4.3 & 8.0.0beta1 + Solaris 9: default pg_hba.conf breaks
Date: 2004-08-18 15:41:47
Message-ID: 200408181541.i7IFfli17778@candle.pha.pa.us
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > Agreed, but from a clarity perspective, are we better moving to the CIDR
> > format for hostnames in pg_hba.conf anyway?
>
> Possibly --- it'd be easier to sell on that argument anyway ;-)
>
> > Also, I think we would accept a patch that modified pg_hba.conf for
> > Solaris only that made this change.
>
> That seems like the worst of all possible worlds. Difficult to do *and*
> confusing for users, since on Solaris the sample file would no longer
> match the documentation.

True, but at least it would work. Are they saying the masks don't work
at all? Why haven't we heard this before?

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