Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> Hm. A quick grep shows that our *only* use of gethostbyname is in >> src/port/getaddrinfo.c. Seems like we should omit this "porting >> requirement" on platforms that have getaddrinfo.
> See the post I just made --- fe-secure.c calls pqGethostbyname(), and > that should be converted to getaddrinfo No, it should be diked out. The call you are referring to is in code that is #ifdef NOT_USED. The whole routine is pretty broken anyway (not IPv6-aware, for starters) and I think we should just rip it out rather than try to bring it up to speed. regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 9: the planner will ignore your desire to choose an index scan if your joining column's datatypes do not match