From: | Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: initdb change |
Date: | 2008-08-25 17:26:15 |
Message-ID: | 20080825102615.62bc600e@jd-laptop |
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On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:12:03 -0700
David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> wrote:
> > /var/lib/pgsql/data/ exists but is empty you can initdb within that
> > directory. However if there is anything in it you can not. You are
> > asking that if pg_xlog exists but is empty that we still be able to
> > use the DATADIR and you can pass existing so that it will also use
> > pg_xlog if it is empty.
> >
> > My take would be to not add a new flag. Instead to implicitly allow
> > it. If initdb finds that DATADIR and pg_xlog is empty it will use
> > both.
>
> Is there some reason why initdb shouldn't just Do The Right Thing™
> when it finds an empty extant $PGDATA/pg_xlog directory that passes
> the same tests an empty extant $PGDATA would?
That is what I was suggesting.
Joshua D. Drake
>
> Cheers,
> David.
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