Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/src

From: Greg Copeland <greg(at)CopelandConsulting(dot)Net>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/src
Date: 2002-08-13 05:12:48
Message-ID: 1029215569.25243.257.camel@mouse.copelandconsulting.net
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On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 23:09, Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> > OK, seeing as no one voted, and only Tom and I objected originally, we
> > will keep the code as Thomas has applied it, namely that PGXLOG/-X is
> > recognized by initdb, postmaster, postgres, and pg_ctl.
>
> We will? It looks to me like Thomas lost the vote 2-to-1.
>
> Unless there are more votes, I'm going to *insist* that this code be
> changed. It's dangerous and offers no offsetting benefit. XLOG
> location should be settable at initdb, noplace later.
>

I think Tom is on to something here. I meant to ask but never got
around to it. Why would anyone need to move the XLOG after you've
inited the db?

Greg

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