Peter Eisentraut wrote:
Andrew Dunstan wrote:
IIRC, in previous versions any bind failure was fatal, but in 8.0 we
decided to be slightly more forgiving and only bail out if we failed
to bind at all.
I realize that, but I would like to know where that bright idea came
from in violation of all other principles of this and any other
software. I recall that it had something to do with IPv6, but I'm not
sure.
It came from the fertile brain of Tom Lane :-)
see http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-03/msg00679.php
I think "violation of all other principles of this and any other
software" is far too strong.
cheers
andrew
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