Tom Lane wrote:
> "PostgreSQL Bugs List" <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
>
>>If I call "psql -h localhost" it is very slow
>>compared to "psql -h 127.0.0.1" since for "localhost"
>>the nameservice is consulted.
>
>
> This is not a bug; it's supposed to do that. If you don't like it,
> reconfigure your name service (see /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/resolv.conf).
>
> regards, tom lane
Ok, I'm not sure if this is a bug or not.
But definitively for postgresql version 7.3.3 on RedHat Linux,
for "localhost" it was not contacting the name service.
This difference I noticed.
Regards,
Michael