This can be fixed by patching the default config file
--- /etc/postgresql/8.0/main/postgresql.conf.orig 2005-05-20
07:22:33.000000000 -0500
+++ /etc/postgresql/8.0/main/postgresql.conf 2005-05-20
07:17:26.000000000 -0500
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
# memory per connection slot, in addition to costs from
shared_buffers
# and max_locks_per_transaction.
#superuser_reserved_connections = 2
-#unix_socket_directory = ''
+unix_socket_directory = '/var/run/postgresql'
#unix_socket_group = ''
#unix_socket_permissions = 0777 # octal
#rendezvous_name = '' # defaults to the computer name
The directory will need to be created for it with ownership
postgres:postgres before the daemon starts too.
maybe a :
mkdir -mode 775 /var/run/postgresql
chown postgres:postgres /var/run/postgresql
... in the post-inst script for postgresql-common
On a related note, have you thought about having a debconf question
about using different ports for v8? It might be very confusing for users
to have 2 different installations on different ports, and I suspect it
will create more problems than it solves.
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