Re: Reviewing temp_tablespaces GUC patch

On 5/25/07, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de> writes:
> > --On Freitag, Mai 25, 2007 10:49:29 +0000 Jaime Casanova
> > <systemguards(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >> No, because the RemovePgTempFiles() call in PostmasterMain() will
> >> remove all tmp files at startup.
>
> I believe we do not call RemovePgTempFiles during a crash recovery
> cycle; this is intentional on the theory that the temp files might contain
> useful debugging clues.

ah, i forgot that

> So there is a potential problem there.
> Not sure how important it really is though --- neither crashes nor
> tablespace drops ought to be so common that we need a really nice
> solution.
>

the only semi-sane solution i can think of, is to have a superuser
only function that acts as a wrapper for RemovePgTempFiles(), but
still exists a chance for shoot yourself on the foot...

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Jaime Casanova

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