On Wed, Jan 9, 2019 at 10:09 AM Mariel Cherkassky <
mariel(dot)cherkassky(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> Hey Tom,
> I'm aware of how I can solve it. I wanted to understand why after
> installing the pg 9.6 packages suddenly psql tries to access the socket on
> /var/run/postgresql. Does the libpq default unix socket is changed between
> those two versions ? (9.6,9.2)
>
It is not a version issue, but a packaging issue. Different systems have
different conventions on where sockets should go, and the packager imposes
their opinion on the things they package.
Cheers,
Jeff