Re: Logging which local address was connected to in log_line_prefix

Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>

From: Greg Sabino Mullane <htamfids@gmail.com>

To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

Cc: Jim Jones <jim.jones@uni-muenster.de>, david@pgmasters.net, Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>, Cary Huang <cary.huang@highgo.ca>, "pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>

Date: 2025-04-07T00:49:50Z

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Add local-address escape "%L" to log_line_prefix.
- 3516ea768c92 18.0 landed

On Sun, Apr 6, 2025 at 6:01 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> 1. Ignore the inconsistency, commit 0004 as-is.
>
> 2. Change the output to be an empty string in background processes.
>    This is consistent, but it goes against our upthread feeling that
> "[none]" would avoid confusion.
>

I lean for #1. Yes, there is some inconsistency, but it feels like the
right thing to do, and this is a feature I suspect not many people will use
anyway.

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Cheers,
Greg

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