Re: BUG #9416: Setting up postgresql-9.1 (9.1.12-0wheezy1) Fails Configuration

On 2014-03-03 16:28:21 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> > Since we have seen this kind of failure reported many times, I wonder if
> > it'd make sense to check specifically for inability to resolve localhost,
> > if only to save troubleshooters' time.
>
> Right now, you only get a failure of the pgstats subsystem, which is
> logged.  I don't think we can do much more than that unless you want
> to make it a postmaster-refuses-to-start case, which seems like not
> a net improvement.

I'd actually say that'd be an improvement. I've, a long time ago, spent
several hours debugging a case of this, it's nontrivial for a
beginner. And a normal PG install simply won't work properly without
pgstat these days, so refusing to startup seems reasonable.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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