"Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> I think you should first trace down what the problem really is --- is >> your system just misconfigured or is there some fundamental issue that >> we really ought to answer to?
> The trouble on AIX is, that getaddrinfo only does a nameservice lookup, > no /etc/hosts. Wouldn't that break many other programs besides Postgres? But in any case if your nameserver doesn't resolve localhost, I'd say you'd better fix your nameserver. See eg, http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2606.html The ".localhost" TLD has traditionally been statically defined in host DNS implementations as having an A record pointing to the loop back IP address and is reserved for such use. Any other use would conflict with widely deployed code which assumes this use. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org