| From: | dg(at)informix(dot)com (David Gould) |
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| To: | scrappy(at)hub(dot)org (The Hermit Hacker) |
| Cc: | dg(at)informix(dot)com, maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us, tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us, hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] flock patch breaks things here |
| Date: | 1998-08-31 17:49:10 |
| Message-ID: | 9808311749.AA13101@hawk.oak.informix.com |
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>
> On Mon, 31 Aug 1998, David Gould wrote:
>
> > Also, before sprinkling files all over it is good to try to conform
> > to the FHS (File Hierarchy Standard) (see http://www.pathname.com/fhs/)
> > which is pretty easy to do and likely to make life easier later.
>
> I just downloaded and skim'd the fhs notes, and it looks
> reasonable...but, other then the current socket in /tmp, we don't
> "splinkle files all over"...do we? *raised eyebrow*
>
Well, perhaps not, thay might have been hyperbole, but I wanted to head it
off before it happened.
Also, what about moving the socket to the PG_DATA dir and then creating a
symlink to it in /tmp for older clients. New installations could optionally
not create (or remove) the symlink...
-dg
David Gould dg(at)informix(dot)com 510.628.3783 or 510.305.9468
Informix Software (No, really) 300 Lakeside Drive Oakland, CA 94612
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