We've seen reports of people firing this particular foot-gun before,
haven't we? Would it make sense to rename pg_xlog to something that
doesn't sound like it's "just" full of log files? Eg pg_wal - something
where the half-educated will have no idea what it is, and therefore not
think they know what they can do with it.
Would it be wise or insane for us to to mention in the startup error a
HINT that if you've removed such files, only hope is full restore from
backup or pg_resetxlog with data loss?
Chris
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