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

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(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 15:29:30
Message-ID: 22985.1092842970@sss.pgh.pa.us
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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.

regards, tom lane

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