boatcoder(at)gmail(dot)com writes:
> Edit your pg_hba.conf file, add a space (without a new line) at the end of
> the file.
> Attempt to start postgres. It will fail with messages like this.
Hmph. I can reproduce this in 9.6 and earlier, but not in v10 or HEAD.
Apparently somebody fixed it by accident. Looking ...
regards, tom lane