| From: | Larry Rosenman <ler(at)lerctr(dot)org> |
|---|---|
| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Rocco Altier <RoccoA(at)Routescape(dot)com>, Nigel Kukard <nkukard(at)lbsd(dot)net>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: IPv6 patch |
| Date: | 2003-01-07 17:23:45 |
| Message-ID: | 117510000.1041960225@lerlaptop.iadfw.net |
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--On Tuesday, January 07, 2003 12:20:31 -0500 Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
>> We already do. The issue is what way should we give admins to _fail_ if
>> IPv6 doesn't start.
>
> What is "IPv6 doesn't start"? Either the machine has IPv6 addresses,
> or it doesn't. It is not our job to notify the DBA what the addresses
> on his machine are.
In the UnixWare case, you can't even find out if there is an IPv6 address,
and
the API returns a wierd error, IIRC.
>
> regards, tom lane
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