On 5 February 2013 13:50, Craig Ringer <cr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > On 02/05/2013 08:32 PM, Kevin Grittner wrote: > >> I would rather add a sentence or two to the >> initdb documentation recommending that a cluster not be created at >> a mount point; it should be created in a directory underneath the >> mount point. > That makes a great deal of sense, actually. There's no meaningful > advantage to creating the cluster at the mountpoint root, and even if > you wanted to you could (on Linux) use bind mounts to make it at the > root of a mount without being at the root of a filesystem.
How about we allow Sean's patch insomuch as it can detect files beginning with dots and throw an error message explaining what the best practice is instead. -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
