Re: [HACKERS] pg_hba.conf and IP-MASK

OK, doc patch attached and applied that prefers CIDR format for pg_hba.conf.

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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Tom Lane said:
> > "Andrew Dunstan" <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> writes:
> >> Since our defaults don't use old-style masks any more, I would be
> >> tempted to remove the column labels for IP-ADDRESS and IP-MASK, and
> >> instead put in a single heading of IP-ADDRESS/CIDR-MASK.
> >
> > I don't know why there is any debate about this. When I said "fix the
> > comments to agree with the code", the column headings were certainly
> > one of the things I had in mind. You should have done that in the
> > original patch.
> >
>
> Then I apologise. As I think I indicated, my time is very limited right now.
> So rather than submit things that are incomplete I will be refraining from
> pretty much any pg work for a while - I already did a lot more that I
> originally set as my goals for this release.
>
> cheers
>
> andrew
>
>
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