Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Clarify description of CIDR-address column

2006-11-17 Thread Tom Lane
"Florian G. Pflug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> "Andrew Dunstan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Isn't the real problem here that 10.6 doesn't mean what you probably think? > I'm curious now - what _does_ 10.6/16 mean? I can't imagine any sensible > meaning apart from 10.6.0.0/16... 10.6 means

Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Clarify description of CIDR-address

2006-11-17 Thread Florian G. Pflug
Tom Lane wrote: "Andrew Dunstan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Tom Lane wrote: Clarify description of CIDR-address column of pg_hba.conf, to discourage people from trying notations like '10.6/16', which is accepted but does not mean what you probably think. Per example from Paul Forgey. Isn't

Re: [HACKERS] [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Clarify description of CIDR-address column

2006-11-17 Thread Tom Lane
"Andrew Dunstan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Tom Lane wrote: >> Clarify description of CIDR-address column of pg_hba.conf, to discourage >> people from trying notations like '10.6/16', which is accepted but does >> not mean what you probably think. Per example from Paul Forgey. > Isn't the real