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

Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> writes:

> Oliver Elphick wrote:
> > 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.
>
> So, if PostgreSQL is a part of Debian, then there will be problems if
> the client-server situation isn't somehow fixed to allow robust
> location-independent socket finding.
>
> Looks like the same thing is going to happen with RedHat's
> distribution. So, if this is going to occur, let's get a consensus as
> to where that alternate location (barring some other solution) is going
> to be, so that there are the fewest variants out there.

FHS is a good starting (and end-) point.

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Trond Eivind Glomsrød
Red Hat, Inc.