Re: Re: UUNET socket-file-location patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Re: UUNET socket-file-location patch
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.21.0011141844400.1116-100000@peter.localdomain
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In response to Re: UUNET socket-file-location patch  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Re: UUNET socket-file-location patch
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Tom Lane writes:

> We should revert all the client-side changes from this patch, and
> instead teach libpq and the other interfaces to treat a host name
> that starts with a slash as being a path to a socket file (replacing
> the default assumption of "/tmp").  Much cleaner, especially for
> existing client apps.

Should the parameter determine the directory or the full file name?  I'd
go for the former, but it's not a strong case.

-- 
Peter Eisentraut      peter_e@gmx.net       http://yi.org/peter-e/



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