Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> The one place that very slightly bothers me is the ::1 line in
> pg_hba.conf. The fact that it comes last in the default config is its
> saving grace - it won't ever be reached by a passing connection. I think
> at least, though, we should put a warning comment line in front of it,
If you like, you can improve initdb to comment that line out if
getaddrinfo chokes on "::1", rather than believing HAVE_IPV6.
regards, tom lane