Tom Lane wrote:
> "Albe Laurenz" <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> writes:
>
>> Building 8.4beta2 on my AIX test machine works fine,
>> but when I set listen_addresses = '*' in postgresql.conf,
>> the server fails to start.
>>
>
> I grow weary of AIX's seemingly-unlimited supply of getaddrinfo
> peculiarities. What about forgetting the whole matter and always
> using our src/port/ implementation on that OS?
>
>
>
I'm assuming that the OP has tested that 8.3 works on the same machine
with listen_addresses = '*'.
If so, then this seems a reasonable suggestion.
cheers
andrew