Re: libpq should not look up all host addresses at once

Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr> writes:
> In the same vein on a wrong password:

> sh> psql "host=no-such-host,local2.coelho.net,local3.coelho.net"
> Password for user fabien:
> psql: could not translate host name "no-such-host" to address: Name or service not known
> could not connect to server: Connection refused
> Is the server running on host "local2.coelho.net" (127.0.0.2) and accepting
> TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
> could not connect to server: Connection refused
> Is the server running on host "local2.coelho.net" (127.0.0.3) and accepting
> TCP/IP connections on port 5432?
> FATAL: password authentication failed for user "fabien"

> The Fatal error does not really say for which host/ip the password fail.

Yup, but that's not the province of this patch to improve. See

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/25918.1533918960@sss.pgh.pa.us

for one that is trying to improve it.

regards, tom lane