Re: Document that server will start even if it's unable to open some TCP/IP ports

From: Gurjeet Singh <gurjeet(at)singh(dot)im>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart(at)gmail(dot)com>, Postgres Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Document that server will start even if it's unable to open some TCP/IP ports
Date: 2023-09-13 00:25:44
Message-ID: CABwTF4WmrP0BUpUbAq5O90ybFL-7Hh82KfYP8ZUXAViUVBjjSw@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 7:52 AM Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 09:21:07PM -0700, Nathan Bossart wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 07, 2023 at 07:13:44PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > On Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 02:54:13PM -0700, Nathan Bossart wrote:
> > >> IMO the phrase "open a port" is kind of nonstandard. I think we should say
> > >> something along the lines of
> > >>
> > >> If listen_addresses is not empty, the server will start only if it can
> > >> listen on at least one of the specified addresses. A warning will be
> > >> emitted for any addresses that the server cannot listen on.
> > >
> > > Good idea, updated patch attached.
> >
> > I still think we should say "listen on an address" instead of "open a
> > port," but otherwise it LGTM.
>
> Agreed, I never liked the "port" mention. I couldn't figure how to get
> "open" out of the warning sentence though. Updated patch attached.

LGTM.

Best regards,
Gurjeet
http://Gurje.et

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