Are all the IPv6 issues resolved in current CVS? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tom Lane wrote: > Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > OK, now we are getting somewhere. I see that this would work. It's a bit > > ugly, though - with this plan the sample file in both CVS and the > > installation won't necessarily be what actually get put in place. > > Well, like I said, it's not real pretty. But the same is already true > of postgresql.conf.sample --- initdb edits that. I don't see that > having it edit pg_hba.conf.sample too is so bad. > > > What if some clever installer/administrator deliberately alters their > > installed sample file? > > I don't think it would hurt them. The editing will consist of a sed > script to comment or uncomment the line containg ::1, it wouldn't touch > anything else. > > > Could we get the configure script to do it instead, since it too should > > know about ip6 capability? (I guess then we'd have > > pg_hba.conf.sample.in). That strikes me as being a lot cleaner. > > Bruce and I talked about that alternative too, but we felt that it made > more sense to keep the processing of pg_hba.conf.sample parallel to what > happens to postgresql.conf.sample. Further down the road we might need > initdb-time checks to decide what to do to the sample file, just as we > already need for postgresql.conf.sample. > > regards, tom lane > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faqs/FAQ.html
