Re: Stats Collector Error 7.4beta1 and 7.4beta2

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Kurt Roeckx <Q(at)ping(dot)be>
Cc: Jan Wieck <JanWieck(at)Yahoo(dot)com>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, "Matthew T(dot) O'Connor" <matthew(at)zeut(dot)net>, akavan(at)cox(dot)net, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Stats Collector Error 7.4beta1 and 7.4beta2
Date: 2003-09-05 00:40:52
Message-ID: 16576.1062722452@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Kurt Roeckx <Q(at)ping(dot)be> writes:
> Then it connects to itself. I don't get the logic behind that
> howver.

At least on HPUX, the connect(2) man page saith

If the socket is of type SOCK_DGRAM, connect() specifies the peer
address to which messages are to be sent, and the call returns
immediately. Furthermore, this socket can only receive messages sent
from this address.

The "furthermore" is what we are after.

regards, tom lane

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