On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 03:16:29PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Maybe this should be a configure flag, just like the port number is.
> 
> It is ... that isn't the issue, the problem is exactly that Debian
> chooses to exercise the option to make their installations different
> from everyone else's.

FWIW, I prefer the Debian location. AFAICS the only rationale for
putting it in /tmp is "because it's always been there". I also agree
with suggestions to move ssh and X11 sockets out of /tmp. /tmp should
be for, well, temporary files...

Have a nice day,
-- 
Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog@svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.

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