Re: Re: UUNET socket-file-location patch

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>>>> and make "/tmp" the default in guc.c.
>> 
>> No, because this has to work on the client side too.  The default path
>> *must* be determined at compile time, or clients and servers will be
>> unable to find each other.

> The only difference between your snippet and mine is that yours sets the
> default to "" and interprets it as "/tmp" when it is used, whereas mine
> sets the default to "/tmp" to begin with.  Clients don't see the
> difference.

Clients that don't contain guc.c are going to see a difference, no?
Where are they getting the default from?
        regards, tom lane