BUG #7514: postgres -k no longer works with spaces in the path

From: murrayc(at)murrayc(dot)com
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: BUG #7514: postgres -k no longer works with spaces in the path
Date: 2012-09-01 04:16:57
Message-ID: E1T7f8j-0007MM-FJ@wrigleys.postgresql.org
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The following bug has been logged on the website:

Bug reference: 7514
Logged by: Murray Cumming
Email address: murrayc(at)murrayc(dot)com
PostgreSQL version: 9.1.5
Operating system: Fedora Linux 17
Description:

At some point, probably in 9.1.5, the -k option to Postgres ("Unix-domain
socket location" in --help), stopped accepting paths that contain spaces.

For instance,
-k '/tmp/testglom2FPDKW/path with spaces/some_postgres_data'

It now fails with this error:
FATAL: invalid list syntax for "unix_socket_directories"

This is not critical, but it showed up in the regression tests for Glom. And
users are fairly likely to use paths with spaces.

-k apparently accepts a comma-separated list, so there should be no need to
check for spaces.

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