On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 12:12:57PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote: > Kurt Roeckx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I find it so weird, why isn't it just using socketpair() or > > something? > > Checking the HPUX man page for it, I read "socketpair() is supported > only for AF_UNIX", which suggests that it's not possible to get datagram > semantics from it, at least on this platform.
SUS says that only AF_UNIX should be supported too: The socketpair() function is used primarily with UNIX domain sockets and need not be supported for other domains. That does not prevent you to set the type to either SOCK_STREAM or SOCK_DGRAM, or even SOCK_SEQPACKET however. Kurt ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html