Re: listening addresses

Tom Lane wrote:

>Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
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>>This slipped off my radar. I have just spent a little while thinking 
>>about it. How about this: we replace tcpip_socket and virtual_host with 
>>a new var called listen_addresses, which can have values of "local", 
>>"all", or a list of addresses? The default would be "local" and -i would 
>>correspond to "all".
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>No objection here.  You could also allow "none" (or maybe that falls out
>of the list case by writing an empty list), with the understanding that
>"none" is a useless setting on Windows or any other platform that
>doesn't support Unix sockets.
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I had thought about "none". I have no strong feelings either way, 
althought you are right that it would be redundant.

On platforms without Unix domain sockets I think we should immediately 
error exit without a valid tcp listening address.

I will try to get this done in the next few weeks - I think it's 
critical for sensible Windows use.

cheers

andrew