- on OS X 10.10.2 - downloaded 9.3.6 sources - ./configure --with-openssl --prefix=/my/specific/location/pg-9.3 - make & install - cd /my/specific/location/ - pg-9.3/bin/postmaster -D... - socket is created in /tmp, as expected - pg-9.3/bin/psql mydb - gives error about not being able to connect to /var/pgsql_socket/.s.PGSQL.5432 - ??? env shows that I have no PG-related environment variables set; existing postgresql.conf in the data dir does not specify unix_directories, leaving it at the default /tmp. So why is the freshly-built psql trying to check /var/pgsql_socket/ instead of /tmp? Did it perhaps get linked to a client dylib from a different build, thanks to Apple's tools using a search path that led outside the build for the libs??? I know how to specify things the way I want, but I thought I'd bring this up because there's a whole ton of confusion on StackOverflow about this issue, with a lot of bad guessing going on. I built from straight-up sources, and I'm specifying the paths to the specific executables I want to run, and still seeing the problem. (And, FWIW, I've long had multiple versions of PG built on my system for different projects, and never seen this problem before.) -- Scott Ribe scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.elevated-dev.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottribe/ (303) 722-0567 voice -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin
