| From: | Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net> |
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| To: | Joshua Drake <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, 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 17:56:16 |
| Message-ID: | 48B2F240.9030302@dunslane.net |
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Joshua Drake wrote:
>>
>> 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.
>
>
>
Why should the xlog directory be treated specially? We don't do this for
any other subdirectory of PGDATA. The extra logic would be a nuisance
and for no great gain in functionality that I can see.
This whole discussion springs from a misconception apparently, so let's
just move on.
cheers
andrew
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