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diff --git a/doc/guix.texi b/doc/guix.texi index 456dfb264d..1069a5d296 100644 --- a/doc/guix.texi +++ b/doc/guix.texi @@ -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 |