Re: Postgres on AIX5.3 and AIX6.1

From: Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Postgres on AIX5.3 and AIX6.1
Date: 2010-06-24 16:39:59
Message-ID: 87iq58fkps.fsf@cbbrowne-laptop.afilias-int.info
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pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com (John R Pierce) writes:
> On 06/23/10 6:02 PM, Chris Browne wrote:
>> There is already an FAQ on issues relating to AIX. It is, in recent
>> versions, part of the documentation tree:
>>
>> <http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.0/static/installation-platform-notes.html>
>>
>
> can I take this opportunity to point out a problem on that page?
>
> In "5.8.1.3. Internet address issues", the bit about ..
>
> # ifconfig lo0 inet6 ::1/0 delete
>
>
> In 6.1, localhost may fail to come up at all when you next reboot
> after you do that. I had to recreate the ipv6 localhost before it
> would work correctly. I haven't investigated any farther.

Here's a patch that makes this more version-sensitive.

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