Re: BUG #9416: Setting up postgresql-9.1 (9.1.12-0wheezy1) Fails Configuration

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> Since we have seen this kind of failure reported many times, I wonder if
> it'd make sense to check specifically for inability to resolve localhost,
> if only to save troubleshooters' time.

Right now, you only get a failure of the pgstats subsystem, which is
logged.  I don't think we can do much more than that unless you want
to make it a postmaster-refuses-to-start case, which seems like not
a net improvement.

            regards, tom lane