Re: strange problem with ip6

On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 06:42:39PM +0200, Christian Kratzer wrote:
> of a specific interface. This is why bsd based oprating systems append
> %ifname to the address so that they know which Interface this address

Oh, I forgot about that wart in RFC4007.  Thanks for the cluestick.

> There is propbaly not much point in using link local addreses for postgres.

I think that's not quite right.  For instance, JDBC can't use UNIX
domain sockets last I checked, and I can imagine using it in a
disconnected context where you'd want to emulate multiple connection
points.  Link local addresses would be perfect for this.  So I think
it might be a bug, because Postgres isn't accepting the address
specification for scoped addresses.  (In the local 8.1.x version I
have installed here, the inet type doesn't accept it either.) Now
that I re-read it, RFC4007 seems to be pretty clear that the scope
info is a necessary part of the addressing, so I don't think it can
be thrown away before looking at the address.

A

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