Re: postgresql unix socket connections

From: Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Mariel Cherkassky <mariel(dot)cherkassky(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-performance(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: postgresql unix socket connections
Date: 2019-01-09 15:13:17
Message-ID: CAMkU=1ypBKBVHbhquqHSGSKgoAnQ+1XirHh2MOz-cvmhCSwiuQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 10:09 AM Mariel Cherkassky <
mariel(dot)cherkassky(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> Hey Tom,
> I'm aware of how I can solve it. I wanted to understand why after
> installing the pg 9.6 packages suddenly psql tries to access the socket on
> /var/run/postgresql. Does the libpq default unix socket is changed between
> those two versions ? (9.6,9.2)
>

It is not a version issue, but a packaging issue. Different systems have
different conventions on where sockets should go, and the packager imposes
their opinion on the things they package.

Cheers,

Jeff

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