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 ...

Agreed, that would have been better, but I don't see that buys us
anything against the grim reaper.

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