doc: clarify the behavior of unopenable listen_addresses

Reported-by: Gurjeet Singh
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CABwTF4WYPD9ov-kcSq1+J+ZJ5wYDQLXquY6Lu2cvb-Y7pTpSGA@mail.gmail.com

Backpatch-through: 11

diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
index d42b7d63ee692ffc88f84692fe379c8c584fa9ce..90ba406e44210845b5f89fd6c1b114f913527b7d 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -656,10 +656,15 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
          :: allows listening for all IPv6 addresses.
          If the list is empty, the server does not listen on any IP interface
          at all, in which case only Unix-domain sockets can be used to connect
-         to it.
+         to it.  If the list is not empty, the server will start if it
+         can listen on at least one TCP/IP address.  A warning will be
+         emitted for any TCP/IP address which cannot be opened.
          The default value is localhost,
          which allows only local TCP/IP loopback connections to be
-         made.  While client authentication (
+         made.
+       
+       
+         While client authentication (
          linkend="client-authentication"/>) allows fine-grained control
          over who can access the server, listen_addresses
          controls which interfaces accept connection attempts, which