Re: IPv6 patch

Patch applied. I added a small mention of IPv6 addresses to the
pg_hba.conf documentation. Not sure where else to mention it.

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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I have been working on a patch to implement IPv6 connections. A working
> patch was supplied by Nigel Kukard about two weeks ago, and I have been
> improving it. The original patch assumed the system has IPv6 functions,
> like getaddrinfo(), so the major work was patching it into our existing
> code that doesn't use IPv6 functions, so systems with/without IPv6 will
> be able to compile the same code.
>
> The patch is at:
>
> ftp://candle.pha.pa.us/pub/postgresql/mypatches/ipv6.full
>
> It has a configure test to determine if getaddrinfo() exists, and sets a
> #define and a Makefile variable appropriately. Most of the changes are
> in backend/libpq/pqcomm.c::StreamServerPort and
> interfaces/libpq/fe-connect.c::connectDBStart. There are also two new
> files, ip.c and ip.h, which contain IP-specific support functions.
>
> I have done my best to make the code as clear as possible. There are
> more define tests than I would like, but I am hesitant to split out more
> of the code into almost duplicate functions for IPv4 and IPv6
> functionality.
>
> I have tested the code using IPv6 functions, and IPv4 functions. The
> system also has no IPv6 support in the kernel, so that has also been
> tested.
>
> The patch is about a week away from being applied, but I thought I would
> post the URL so folks can see where I am going. I am interested in
> improvements and testing with various configurations.
>
> FYI, I am also working with someone on the openprojects IRC channel
> #ipv6 on an IPv6 data type.
>
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