Re: Why isn't stats_temp_directory automatically created?

From: Itagaki Takahiro <itagaki(dot)takahiro(at)oss(dot)ntt(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Why isn't stats_temp_directory automatically created?
Date: 2009-04-15 06:19:49
Message-ID: 20090415151442.C442.52131E4D@oss.ntt.co.jp
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Euler Taveira de Oliveira <euler(at)timbira(dot)com> wrote:

> Fujii Masao escreveu:
> > Is it worth making the patch which creates stats_temp_directory
> > if not present?
> >
> +1.

+1, but AFAIK stats_temp_directory was designed to symlink to a RAM drive.
Even if stats_temp_directory exists as a symbolic link, the destination
directory might be lost in such a situation. If you try to make servers
more robust, you might also need to consider broken symlinks.

Regards,
---
ITAGAKI Takahiro
NTT Open Source Software Center

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