Re: Re: Sure enough, the lock file is gone

Lamar Owen wrote:
>Ok, why not fix tmpwatch instead? Only the lock files break FHS -- the
>sockets can go there by FHS, right?

No, UNIX sockets are specifically mentioned as belonging under /var/run.
In section 5.10 "/var/run : Run-time variable data", it says: "Programs
that maintain transient UNIX-domain sockets should place them in this
directory."

So what ever the outcome for the wider PostgreSQL community, I must make
the change to conform to Debian policy.

--
Oliver Elphick Oliver(dot)Elphick(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk
Isle of Wight http://www.lfix.co.uk/oliver
PGP: 1024R/32B8FAA1: 97 EA 1D 47 72 3F 28 47 6B 7E 39 CC 56 E4 C1 47
GPG: 1024D/3E1D0C1C: CA12 09E0 E8D5 8870 5839 932A 614D 4C34 3E1D 0C1C
========================================
"Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the
LORD delivereth him out of them all."
Psalm 34:19