[postmodern-devel] Unix socket directory configuration

[Zach Beane]

Zach Beane <xach at xach.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to use Postmodern on Linux with a Postgres built from
> scratch. The default value for the Unix socket directory in that
> situation is /tmp. Postmodern defaults it to /var/run/postgresql, which
> is more typical for a vendor-packaged Postgres on Linux.
>
> It's easy enough to alter/bind cl-postgres::*unix-socket-dir* as needed,
> but I'm always a little reluctant to use ::. Is that variable a
> candidate for adding to the supported API by exporting its name?

For what it's worth, the the C client library handles this by checking
to see if the host starts with a "/", and uses it for the socket
directory if so. Postmodern uses the keyword :unix instead.

Zach