When I have "unix_socket_directory" set to an alternate value, "pg_ctl - D data -w start" times out. If I set it to default, it works fine.
I'm using postgresql 8.1.4 on FreeBSD.
Perhaps pg_ctl is waiting to see the socket file in /tmp/ before
reporting that postgresql successfully started?
Regards,
Jeff Davis
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