"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?
regards, tom lane