X-Original-To: pgsql-sql-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 822999FA160 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:04:52 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.208.251]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 91890-10 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:04:32 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B50C9FA5D2 for ; Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:04:30 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5G34Tes012322; Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:04:29 -0400 (EDT) To: phillips@weatherbeeta.com.au cc: pgsql-sql@postgresql.org Subject: Re: listen_addresses = '*' ok, specific address(es) no (.... and a thread hi-jack!) In-reply-to: <005301c690ef$75a5ee30$9b0014ac@ITPhil> References: <005301c690ef$75a5ee30$9b0014ac@ITPhil> Comments: In-reply-to "Phillip Smith" message dated "Fri, 16 Jun 2006 12:49:16 +1000" Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:04:29 -0400 Message-ID: <12321.1150427069@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200606/197 X-Sequence-Number: 25433 "Phillip Smith" writes: > > I've just installed Postgres 8.1 on RedHat 7.1 Uh ... *why*? I wouldn't use RH 7.1 today any more than I'd use PG 7.1 ... > and I'm getting the error: > "2006-06-16 14:49:00 NZST @ []LOG: could not create IPv6 socket: Address > family not supported by protocol" It seems you've got libc code that supports IPv6 even though your kernel does not (else PG would not have been told that an IPv6 address was a possible translation of "localhost"). PG copes with this but will issue LOG messages complaining about it. If you don't like the warnings, fix your system so it's all on the same page about whether IPv6 is supported. regards, tom lane