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

On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Tom Lane wrote:

> "Oliver Elphick" <olly@lfix.co.uk> writes:
> > No, UNIX sockets are specifically mentioned as belonging under /var/run.
> > In section 5.10 "/var/run : Run-time variable data", it says: "Programs
> > that maintain transient UNIX-domain sockets should place them in this
> > directory."
>
> > So what ever the outcome for the wider PostgreSQL community, I must make
> > the change to conform to Debian policy.
>
> Just out of curiosity, does Debian enforce a nonstandard location for
> X sockets as well?

Just curious here ... there seems to have been *alot* of energy expended
on this ... is there any reason why we don't just have a configuration
option like other software has, that defaults to /tmp like we have it now,
but that makes it easier for others to change it for their installs, as
required?