Re: Problem with listen_addresses = '*' on 8.4beta2 on AIX

On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 3:38 AM, Albe Laurenz<laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> Drat.  Okay, that easy solution probably won't fly.  Anyone with AIX
>> access want to try to develop a patch that covers this case without
>> breaking the other ones?
>
> I can try, but I only have AIX 5.3 to test with, so I won't be able
> to test for bugs in other versions.
>
> I would need to know what the problems with getaddrinfo on AIX are.
> Is this an exhaustive list?
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2009-01/msg01705.php
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-10/msg01069.php
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2006-10/msg00909.php
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-07/msg01018.php
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-04/msg00474.php
>
> I'll also try to investigate known bugs in AIX' getaddrinfo.
>
> AIX 4.3 has been out of support for some time - if it makes the
> task easier, would it be an option to desupport it?

We have 4.3 and a 6.0 here. 4.3 is pretty old, I don't think it's a
big deal if we can't get it to work, as long as libpq works.

merlin