Re: [COMMITTERS] pg-migrator - src: Add support for specifying port numbers. - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: [COMMITTERS] pg-migrator - src: Add support for specifying port numbers.
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Msg-id 200902101708.n1AH8ms04367@momjian.us
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In response to Re: [COMMITTERS] pg-migrator - src: Add support for specifying port numbers.  (Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>)
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Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> >> User Bmomjian wrote:
> >>> Log Message:
> >>> -----------
> >>> Add support for specifying port numbers.
> >> Hmm, I suppose we can't readily run pg_dump against a stand-alone backend?
> > 
> > I am confused by the question;  we used to default to the 5432 port
> > numbers.
> 
> I was thinking that we could sidestep the whole port number question if 
> we didn't try to start up postmaster, and used a stand-alone backend ( 
> postgres --single) instead.

Libpq can't connect to a stand-alone backend and we have many libpq
queries.

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