
I now have the INETv6 patch working using IPv4 on my machine, and I
don't have IPv6 enabled in my kernel.  Tomorrow, I will review the
entire patch for portability issues, then post it so others can test it.
I am pretty sure it is going to fail if your machine isn't INET6 aware,
which may be many.

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> > The INETv6 patch was rejected because of this report, and an error on
> > postmaster startup from BSD/OS:
> > 
> > 	LOG:  FATAL: StreamServerPort: getaddrinfo2() failed: hostname nor
> > 	servname provided, or not known
> > 
> > Please submit a new patch that addresses these issues.  I can work with
> > you to do testing.
> > 
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > 
> > Joe Conway wrote:
> > > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > > Fixing now.  This just isn't my night --- another patch with a missing
> > > > file.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > OK - I can run configure and make now, but I'm getting these warnings:
> > > 
> > > In file included from ../../../../src/include/libpq/libpq.h:22,
> > >                   from printtup.c:20:
> > > ../../../../src/include/libpq/v6util.h:3: warning: `struct addrinfo' declared 
> > > inside parameter list
> > > ../../../../src/include/libpq/v6util.h:3: warning: its scope is only this 
> > > definition or declaration, which is probably not what you want.
> > > ../../../../src/include/libpq/v6util.h:5: warning: `struct addrinfo' declared 
> > > inside parameter list
> > > 
> > > lots of similar warnings to the above -- and:
> > > 
> > > auth.c: In function `ClientAuthentication':
> > > auth.c:414: warning: passing arg 1 of `isAF_INETx' from incompatible pointer type
> > > gcc -O2 -g -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations 
> > > -I../../../src/include   -c -o crypt.o crypt.c -MMD
> > > In file included from ../../../src/include/libpq/libpq.h:22,
> > >                   from crypt.c:24:
> > > 
> > > Joe
> > > 
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Fri, 6 Dec 2002 23:06:43 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: IPv6 patch rejected
Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> I am pretty sure it is going to fail if your machine isn't INET6 aware,
> which may be many.

That's definitely not gonna do :-(

			regards, tom lane

Sat, 07 Dec 2002 16:11:36 -0500
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Re: IPv6 patch rejected 