Re: Linux.conf.au 2003 Report

From: Kurt Roeckx <Q(at)ping(dot)be>
To: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Curt Sampson <cjs(at)cynic(dot)net>, Greg Copeland <greg(at)CopelandConsulting(dot)Net>, Andrew Sullivan <andrew(at)libertyrms(dot)info>, PostgresSQL Hackers Mailing List <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Linux.conf.au 2003 Report
Date: 2003-02-02 13:26:59
Message-ID: 20030202132659.GA9356@ping.be
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On Sun, Feb 02, 2003 at 08:19:23AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> > Depending on the OS, binding to all addresses on IPv6 will also
> > bind to all the ipv4 addresses, which can be both handy an
> > annoying. On others you need 2 sockets if you want to listen on
> > both ipv4 and ipv6, which makes more sense.
>
> Well, that's interesting. Current CVS only binds to IPv6, and assumes
> IPv4 will work too. If some OS's require a separate Ipv4 binding, we
> are going to hear about it before 7.4:

It will not work on atleast OpenBSD. I believe it won't work on
the other BSDs in the future either.

Kurt

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