Re: Add socket dir to pg_config..?

* Tom Lane (tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us) wrote:
> [ shrug... ]  We don't report the compiled-in port number, which is
> considerably more critical.  And we don't report changes in any of the
> other stuff in pg_config_manual.h.

True.

> MHO is that changing the socket directory is only marginally supported,
> and we shouldn't encourage it unless we're prepared to fully support it
> (which we can't really).

This concerns me a bit, as most distros change it..  What would you
expect to break when the socket dir is changed from the default?
Thanks,        Stephen