| From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org>, The Hermit Hacker <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org>, Oliver Elphick <olly(at)lfix(dot)co(dot)uk>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Re: Sure enough, the lock file is gone |
| Date: | 2001-01-29 04:43:55 |
| Message-ID: | 200101290443.XAA07539@candle.pha.pa.us |
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> The bottom line: yes, /tmp was a poor choice of place to put the
> >> socket files. But no, it is not so poor as to be worth creating a
>
> > Was it really a poor choice. Where else can we put it as non-root?
>
> I would've favored something like /tmp/.postgres/socketfile,
> which is comparable to typical X11 setups. But it's moot, since
> we can't change the default path even that much without creating a
> compatibility headache ...
Agreed, that would have been better, but I don't see that buys us
anything against the grim reaper.
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