On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 11:18:12PM +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: > So the mention of the "port" doesn't really add any information here and > just introduces new terminology that isn't really relevant. > > My idea is to change the message to: > > ERROR: could not bind Unix address "/tmp/.s.PGSQL.5432": Address already in > use > HINT: Is another postmaster already running at this address?
Are you saying that you would remove the hint telling to remove the socket file even for the case of non-abstract files? For abstract paths, this makes sense. For both, removing the "port" part is indeed a good idea as long as you keep around the full socket file name. -- Michael
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