Re: [PATCHES] xlog directory at initdb time

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Casey Duncan <casey(at)pandora(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] xlog directory at initdb time
Date: 2007-01-02 20:08:32
Message-ID: 10742.1167768512@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Casey Duncan <casey(at)pandora(dot)com> writes:
> I guess the downside there is that it won't work on platforms that
> don't support symlinks, whereas the postmaster switch would. Not that
> I condone using such platforms ;^)

Well, we already bit that bullet with respect to tablespaces, and
haven't gotten much of any pushback. So I don't see it as a problem
here.

regards, tom lane

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