On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:56:16 -0400 Andrew Dunstan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > That is what I was suggesting. > > > > Why should the xlog directory be treated specially?
Consider the following: mount /dev/sda1 /var/lib/pgsql mount /dev/sdb1 /srv1/pgsql/pg_xlog (which has a link from /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_xlog) initdb -D /var/lib/pgsql/data -X /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_xlog Will fail; now you have multiple steps to get everything where it should be. > We don't do this > for any other subdirectory of PGDATA. The extra logic would be a Well the only other directory it would even matter for would be pg_clog (maybe). I grant that it is a very little feature that could be lived without. > nuisance and for no great gain in functionality that I can see. > In an environment where you are provisioning many spindle machines over many differently mounts and raid configurations it could be useful. The question is; is it worth it? I don't know. I was just trying to understand exactly what David was talking about and offer some suggestions. > This whole discussion springs from a misconception apparently, so > let's just move on. Well that pretty much describes life doesn't it? :) Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake -- The PostgreSQL Company since 1997: http://www.commandprompt.com/ PostgreSQL Community Conference: http://www.postgresqlconference.org/ United States PostgreSQL Association: http://www.postgresql.us/ Donate to the PostgreSQL Project: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
