Re: [HACKERS] PGXLOG variable worthwhile?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)vale-housing(dot)co(dot)uk>
Cc: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, shridhar_daithankar(at)persistent(dot)co(dot)in, Pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] PGXLOG variable worthwhile?
Date: 2002-09-17 21:07:58
Message-ID: 200209172107.g8HL7wk19181@candle.pha.pa.us
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Dave Page wrote:
> Which in this case is what puzzles me. We are only talking about a
> simple GUC variable after all - I don't know for sure, but I'm guessing
> it's not a huge effort to add one?

Can we get agreement on that? A GUC for pg_xlog location? Much cleaner
than -X, doesn't have the problems of possible accidental use, and does
allow pg_xlog moving without symlinks, which some people don't like?

If I can get a few 'yes' votes I will add it to TODO and do it for 7.4.

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