Re: Make pg_checksums complain if compiled BLCKSZ and data folder's block size differ

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
Cc: Postgres hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>, Michael Banck <michael(dot)banck(at)credativ(dot)de>, Sergei Kornilov <sk(at)zsrv(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Make pg_checksums complain if compiled BLCKSZ and data folder's block size differ
Date: 2019-03-17 09:10:45
Message-ID: 20190317091045.GC3357@paquier.xyz
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On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 11:18:17AM +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> BLCKSZ is very much an internal term. The exposed name through pg_settings
> is block_size, so I think the original was better. Combining that one with
> yours into "initialized with block size %d" etc, makes it a lot nicer.

Yes, what Fabien and you say here makes sense.

> The "incompatible with pg_checksums" part may be a bit redundant with the
> commandname at the start as well, as I now realized Fabien pointed out
> downthread. But I would suggest just cutting it and saying "%s: database
> files are incompatible" or maybe "%s: data directory is incompatible" even?

"Cluster" is more consistent with the surroundings. So what about the
attached then?
--
Michael

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