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3 | 3 | Postgres documentation
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@@ -132,23 +132,22 @@ postmaster [ -B <replaceable class="parameter">nBuffers</replaceable> ] [ -D <re
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132 | 132 | Specifies the TCP/IP hostname or address
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133 | 133 | on which the <application>postmaster</application>
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134 | 134 | is to listen for connections from frontend applications. Defaults to
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| - the value of the |
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| - <envar>PGHOST</envar> |
| 135 | + the value of the <envar>PGHOST</envar> |
137 | 136 | environment variable, or if <envar>PGHOST</envar>
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| - is not set, then defaults to "all", meaning listen on all configured addresses |
| 137 | + is not set, it defaults to listening on all configured addresses |
139 | 138 | (including localhost).
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140 | 139 | </para>
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141 | 140 | <para>
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| - If you use a hostname or address other than "all", do not try to run |
| 141 | + If you use a hostname do not try to run |
143 | 142 | multiple instances of <application>postmaster</application> on the
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144 | 143 | same IP address but different ports. Doing so will result in them
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145 | 144 | attempting (incorrectly) to use the same shared memory segments.
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| - Also, if you use a hostname other than "all", all of the host's IP addresses |
| 145 | + Also, if you use a hostname, all of the host's IP addresses |
147 | 146 | on which <application>postmaster</application> instances are
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148 | 147 | listening must be distinct in the two last octets.
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149 | 148 | </para>
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150 | 149 | <para>
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| - If you do use "all" (the default), then each instance must listen on a |
| 150 | + If you don't use this option, each instance must listen on a |
152 | 151 | different port (via -p or <envar>PGPORT</envar>). And, of course, do
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153 | 152 | not try to use both approaches on one host.
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154 | 153 | </para>
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