Re: [HACKERS] flock patch breaks things here

> The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org> writes:
> > On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> So I think I have to vote in favor of leaving the socket where it is.
> 
> > Let me put my vote in...: $PGSQLHOME/run/{pgsql.pid,pgsql.pid.socket}
> > Screw backwards compatibility...v6.5 becomes v7.0 *shrug*
> 
> Catching up on back email, Marc?
> 
> I think the end consensus of that thread was that we should move the
> socket file to someplace safer than /tmp (exactly where being a
> configure-time choice), *and* optionally put a softlink to it in /tmp
> for backwards compatibility with old clients.  Use of the /tmp link
> would be deprecated because of possible security risks, but it could
> continue to work for as long as a particular installation needed to
> keep that option enabled.

Just a reminder that if you move it, all clients must know the new
location, or somehow the location must be accessable by the clients.


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