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

Tom Lane wrote:
> Oliver Jowett <oliver(at)opencloud(dot)com> writes:
>
>>Since the default config now allows TCP/IP connections from localhost,
>>maybe we should tweak the default pg_hba.conf to work around this
>>problem? (e.g. use the /32 syntax which works ok)
>
>
> Maybe we should press Sun to fix their bugs?

Well, I can't argue with that.

(it must be said that the solaris 9 install I am using is pretty out of
date -- this problem may well be fixed by a later solaris patch)

> For me, Solaris would be the second-from-last platform choice. If
> they want to get out of the cellar, they are going to have to work
> harder. Not expect me to work around more and more of their bugs.

I'm happy to put together the patch if you like. If it's not in the
official codebase, I'll end up applying a patch when building our local
packages anyway..

-O