Re: config files in /data

> Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> writes:
> >> Right. How about `$PGDATA/internal'? Can't be more obvious. Perhaps with
> >> that we could also have initdb clean up a little more respectfully.
>
> > Are we talking about moveing pg_log and pg_shadow? Maybe call it
> > /global because the tables are global to all databases.
>
> We weren't, but it seems like a good idea now that you mention it.
> So it sounds like we are converging on:
>
> $PGDATA itself contains only directly-editable config files
>
> $PGDATA/base/ contains database subdirectories (same as now)
>
> $PGDATA/global/ contains installation-wide tables (pg_database,
> pg_shadow, their indices, etc)
>
> $PGDATA/internal/ contains anything else that is installation-wide
> but is not a table.
>
> The distinction between /global and /internal is a little bit artificial
> (which one does pg_log belong in? It's only sort of a table...), so
> maybe we'd be better off just putting those two together. Don't have
> a strong opinion either way.

This sounds good, and it keeps pg_hba.conf in the same place. Seems
/internal is just going to be confusing. Not sure.

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