Re: Re: UUNET socket-file-location patch

Tom Lane writes:

> > #define UNIXSOCK_PATH(sun,port,defpath) \
> >     snprintf((sun).sun_path, sizeof((sun).sun_path), "%s/.s.PGSQL.%d", \
> >              (defpath), (port))
> 
> > 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.

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