Re: AIX 4.3 getaddrinfo busted

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: AIX 4.3 getaddrinfo busted
Date: 2009-01-23 15:14:04
Message-ID: 5115.1232723644@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Andrew Chernow <ac(at)esilo(dot)com> writes:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> Why would we risk breaking other platforms to avoid an AIX bug? At best
>> we can put a code comment in that section of the code.

> IMO, there is no risk. getaddrinfo allows a NULL second argument on
> every platform I have worked with.

The portability risk is in the "manually set the port" part.

regards, tom lane

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