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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