Re: PGXLOG variable worthwhile?

Jan Wieck wrote:
> > It's almost like people *don't* want to put this in the config file
> > or something....
>
> I want to have it it the config file. Just that that doesn't
> prevent anything. And if we have a "signature" file in the xlog
> and data directories, you can make it dummy-safe as you like ...
> if the config option is set wrong, first search for it on all
> drives before bailing out and if found, postmaster corrects the
> config setting. That way the admin can play hide and seek with
> our database ... ;-)

Let's get it into GUC and see what problems people have. We may find
out no one has difficulty.

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