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authorKim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>2022-03-16 19:32:17 +0100
committerKim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>2022-03-16 19:32:17 +0100
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mod_admin_socket: Comment on LuaSocket UNIX compat code
Ref #1717
Diffstat (limited to 'plugins')
-rw-r--r--plugins/mod_admin_socket.lua6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/plugins/mod_admin_socket.lua b/plugins/mod_admin_socket.lua
index 5eaef2e7..ffea9c61 100644
--- a/plugins/mod_admin_socket.lua
+++ b/plugins/mod_admin_socket.lua
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ module:set_global();
local have_unix, unix = pcall(require, "socket.unix");
if have_unix and type(unix) == "function" then
+ -- COMPAT #1717
+ -- Before the introduction of datagram support, only the stream socket
+ -- constructor was exported instead of a module table. Due to the lack of a
+ -- proper release of LuaSocket, distros have settled on shipping either the
+ -- last RC tag or some commit since then.
+ -- Here we accomodate both variants.
unix = { stream = unix };
end
if not have_unix or type(unix) ~= "table" then