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authorChristopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>2021-04-12 21:41:41 +0100
committerLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>2021-04-12 19:12:46 -0400
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services: postgresql: Change service default socket directory.
Fixes <https://bugs.gnu.org/46737>.

PostgreSQL running with a different socket directory to the default one in the
package itself breaks some services, this commit restores the previous
behaviour where PostgreSQL by default will run with a socket directory that
matches the default used by PostgreSQL packaged for Guix.

Switching to a different default value can happen, but only alongside changing
the PostgreSQL package.

* gnu/services/databases.scm (<postgresql-config-file>)[socket-directory]:
Change default to #false.
* doc/guix.texi (Database Services): Update documentation, and specify a
different value for disabling connections via sockets.
* gnu/tests/guix.scm (%guix-data-service-os): Use default PostgreSQL
behaviour.
* gnu/tests/monitoring.scm (%zabbix-os): Likewise.
* gnu/tests/web.scm (patchwork-os): Likewise.

Signed-off-by: Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
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@@ -19830,12 +19830,15 @@ configuration.
 @item @code{ident-file} (default: @code{%default-postgres-ident})
 Filename or G-expression for the user name mapping configuration.
 
-@item @code{socket-directory} (default: @code{"/var/run/postgresql"})
+@item @code{socket-directory} (default: @code{#false})
 Specifies the directory of the Unix-domain socket(s) on which PostgreSQL
-is to listen for connections from client applications.  If set to
-@code{#false} PostgreSQL does not listen on any Unix-domain sockets, in
+is to listen for connections from client applications. If set to
+@code{""} PostgreSQL does not listen on any Unix-domain sockets, in
 which case only TCP/IP sockets can be used to connect to the server.
 
+By default, the @code{#false} value means the PostgreSQL default value
+will be used, which is currently @samp{/tmp}.
+
 @item @code{extra-config} (default: @code{'()})
 List of additional keys and values to include in the PostgreSQL config
 file.  Each entry in the list should be a list where the first element