I would like to know how to move this item forward.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom Lane wrote: > Curt Sampson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > ... just for the record I'm with the "don't > > use an environment variable" crowd here, too. It's way, way to easy > > to start up with the wrong setting in your environment. > > What he said ... > > > Oh, and yes, it does need to be changable after an initdb. Say you > > start out with only one disk on your system, but add a second disk > > later, and want to move the log to that? > > Sure, there should be *a* way to do that. It does not have to be as > easy as "change an environment variable". And in fact the primary > objection to this patch is exactly that it is *not* as easy as "change > an environment variable" --- what you get if you just change your > environment variable is not a moved xlog, but a broken database. > Possibly an irredeemably broken database. > > regards, tom lane > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org
