Hi, On 2021-12-09 08:12:14 -0500, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > Does anyone want to object to the concept of the "pg_user_files" > > directory or the developer-only GUC "allow_relative_tablespaces"? > > There's room for discussion about names; maybe initdb shouldn't create > > the directory unless you ask it to, or something.
Personally I'd rather put relative tablespaces into a dedicated directory or just into pg_tblspc, but without a symlink. Some tools need to understand tablespace layout etc, and having them in a directory that, by the name, will also contain other things seems likely to cause confusion. > I'm slightly worried that some bright spark will discover it and think > it's a good idea for a production setup. It'd not really be worse than the current situation of accidentally corrupting a local replica or such :/. Greetings, Andres Freund
