On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 8:38 AM Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> wrote: > 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.
Alright, let me try it that way... more soon.