Re: Fwd: Re: Possible psql bug

Kurt Roeckx <Q@ping.be> writes:
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2003 at 10:35:04AM +0800, Christopher Kings-Lynne wrote:
>> bash-2.03$ psql test
>> psql: could not connect to server: No such file or directory
>> Is the server running locally and accepting
>> connections on Unix domain socket "���������`"?

> This is probably getnameinfo() not supporting AF_UNIX, which I
> already was afraid of.  And the return value of getnameinfo()
> isn't checked either.

You are right --- I have just checked this on Chris' system, and that's
exactly what happens.

> My suggestion was to make our own getnameinfo_unix() like we have
> a getaddrinfo_unix() for exactly the same reason.

Right, and a getnameinfo2() that wraps that in the same way getaddrinfo2()
does.  Can you make this happen?  I'm a bit swamped ...
        regards, tom lane