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

Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.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 ...
        regards, tom lane