Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/src

Sounds good to me, but I have proven very unreliable in guessing others
opinions on this issue.

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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Tom Lane writes:
>
> > That does not change my opinion about the -X/PGXLOG switch though ---
> > having a backup safety check is not an excuse for having a fundamentally
> > insecure set of startup options.
>
> OK, so:
>
> 1. Leave -X option in initdb. Remove all other -X options.
>
> 2. Remove all uses of PGXLOG.
>
> 3. Symlink from PGDATA to desired location.
>
> 4. Implement pg_mvxlog to move xlog if server is shut down. (So no one
> needs to know about 3.)
>
> In the future:
>
> Combine pg_mvxlog, pg_controldata, pg_resetxlog into pg_srvadm.
>
> Sounds good.
>
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