| From: | Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Devrim GUNDUZ <devrim(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Upcoming re-releases |
| Date: | 2006-02-09 21:47:13 |
| Message-ID: | 20060209214713.GG14852@svana.org |
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On Thu, Feb 09, 2006 at 03:16:29PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> 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(at)svana(dot)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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