Zach Beane xach@xach.com writes:

Hi,

I'm trying to use Postmodern on Linux with a Postgres built from scratch. The default value for the Unix socket directory in that situation is /tmp. Postmodern defaults it to /var/run/postgresql, which is more typical for a vendor-packaged Postgres on Linux.

It's easy enough to alter/bind cl-postgres::*unix-socket-dir* as needed, but I'm always a little reluctant to use ::. Is that variable a candidate for adding to the supported API by exporting its name?

For what it's worth, the the C client library handles this by checking to see if the host starts with a "/", and uses it for the socket directory if so. Postmodern uses the keyword :unix instead.

Zach