"Jaime Casanova" <jcasanov(at)systemguards(dot)com(dot)ec> writes:
> bug report http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2008-10/msg00037.php
> seems like a reasonably request to me... and one that is simple to
> fulfill, just create a PG_VERSION in the pg_tblspc dir at initdb.
I don't think it's a reasonable request. If we take this seriously,
we'd have to buy into making sure that no subdirectory of $PGDATA is
ever empty. Which is silly. And what of empty directories elsewhere?
There are any number of ways to shoot yourself in the foot with a bad
choice of tablespace location --- I don't find this one more dangerous
than any other.
regards, tom lane