From 7c49bf9d5d66f2103d1e76a8474888e5e7447a03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Robert Haas <rhaas@postgresql.org>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:55:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Make AIX suggestions about disabling ipv6 more
version-sensitive.
Chris Browne, based on a report from John Pierce.
---
doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
index 90f674905bb..7f0bcfadfdb 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.345 2010/05/28 18:04:36 momjian Exp $ -->
+<!-- $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/installation.sgml,v 1.346 2010/06/25 16:55:49 rhaas Exp $ -->
<chapter id="installation">
<title><![%standalone-include[<productname>PostgreSQL</>]]>
@@ -2257,7 +2257,7 @@ kill `cat /usr/local/pgsql/data/postmaster.pid`
would <quote>mysteriously</quote> not come up successfully. This
appears to be the result of unexpected behavior in the IPv6
implementation. It looks like PostgreSQL and IPv6 do not play
- very well together at this time on AIX.
+ very well together on AIX 5.3.
</para>
<para>
@@ -2291,6 +2291,16 @@ hosts=local4,bind4
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
+
+ <warning> <para> This is really a workaround of problems relating
+ to immaturity of IPv6 support, which improved visibly during the
+ course of AIX 5.3 releases. It has worked with AIX version 5.3,
+ but does not represent an elegant solution to the problem. It has
+ been reported that this workaround is not only unnecessary, but
+ causes problems on AIX 6.1, where IPv6 support has become more
+ mature. </para>
+ </warning>
+
</sect3>
<sect3>
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