Re: Ipv6 network cleanup patch #2.

On Sun, Jun 01, 2003 at 11:53:58PM +0200, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > - pg_hba.conf.sample has ipv6 addresses in them. If you don't
> >   have support for ipv6 it will give an error on that.  Not sure
> >   what to do with that.
>
> That depends on what we decide(d?) to do with the IPv6 support in the
> first place.  Some people have suggested to silently disable IPv6 if the
> kernel isn't set up for it, others wanted an explicit switch.
> pg_hba.conf should then behave similarly.

This has nothing to do with the kernel supporting it but with the
libc (or other libs) supporting it.

If we use our getaddrinfo() because the system doesn't provide
any, we give an error trying to read what is in the config file.


Kurt