Re: Add statistics_collector_listen_addresses to fix hard-coding of "localhost"

From: Robert Young <yayooo(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com, GavinFlower <gavinflower(at)archidevsys(dot)co(dot)nz>, Pg Bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Add statistics_collector_listen_addresses to fix hard-coding of "localhost"
Date: 2011-10-28 15:16:37
Message-ID: CAJjz_NhxGxp5kaW=rzWMPEQxPSDE2+Fi-BDSL1FjEixAULGrwg@mail.gmail.com
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But...database and other services are not relevant.
And...client apps of course relevant to that services,but I have to
kluge to separate the increasing load.
And...client apps is just as same as PG hard-coding "localhost".

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 15:00, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
>> Excerpts from Robert Young's message of vie oct 28 11:47:14 -0300 2011:
>>> I just migrate some services from one machine to another but database
>>> stay there.
>>> So, I think the most simple solution is to change “localhost” point to
>>> the new one, so that I need no modification of client applications.
>>> But found PG gave warnings.
>
>> I'm surprised that your conclusion was that the path of least resistance
>> was submitting a patch to Postgres.  Surely patching the apps would have
>> been a lot easier.
>
> The fundamental problem with that kluge (and yes, it's a kluge) is that
> it supposes that you migrated EVERY local service to the other machine.
> Which, obviously, you did not.
>
>                        regards, tom lane
>

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