Scott Ribe <scott_ribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > - 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 > - ??? OS X ships with a libpq that's configured that way: $ ls -l /usr/lib/libpq* -rwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 155696 Sep 9 2014 /usr/lib/libpq.5.5.dylib lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 15 Oct 18 13:00 /usr/lib/libpq.5.dylib -> libpq.5.5.dylib lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 15 Oct 18 13:00 /usr/lib/libpq.dylib -> libpq.5.5.dylib $ strings /usr/lib/libpq.5.5.dylib | grep var /var/pgsql_socket $ strings /usr/lib/libpq.5.5.dylib | grep tmp $ Evidently your psql is linking to this libpq and not the one you built. You can fix that with suitable use of rpath; although I'm not sure why an out-of-the-box build doesn't do that for you. It works fine for me: $ otool -L ~/testversion/bin/psql /Users/tgl/testversion/bin/psql: /Users/tgl/testversion/lib/libpq.5.dylib (compatibility version 5.0.0, current version 5.8.0) /usr/lib/libedit.3.dylib (compatibility version 2.0.0, current version 3.0.0) /usr/lib/libSystem.B.dylib (compatibility version 1.0.0, current version 1213.0.0) and I don't believe I'm using any nondefault switches to get that. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-admin mailing list (pgsql-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-admin