Re: Add statistics_collector_listen_addresses to fix hard-coding of "localhost"

I just migrate some services from one machine to another but database
stay there.
So, I think the most simple solution is to change =E2=80=9Clocalhost=E2=80=
=9D point to
the new one, so that I need no modification of client applications.
But found PG gave warnings.

On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 13:39, Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
>
> Excerpts from Robert Young's message of vie oct 28 04:11:57 -0300 2011:
>> I am just wondering, why "localhost" entry in /etc/hosts is editable
>> and why 127.0.0.1 not fixed with loopback interface?
>> should you agree with that we should submit a patch to kernel to
>> resolve "localhost" to 127.0.0.1 statically need no entry in
>> /etc/hosts and loopback interface bind to 127.0.0.1 not changeable?
>> If your answer is NO.
>
> Maybe you can define localhost as an IPv6 address.
>
>
>> Why you give me this option to configure /etc/hosts or loopback
>> interface as well as deprive my option which hostname or IP for
>> statistics_collector to listen on?
>> Why operating system designed flexible and database system wrote in hard=
-coding?
>
> Are you solving a real problem here?
>
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