On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Andres Freund <and...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > On 2013-09-18 08:46:08 -0400, Robert Haas wrote: >> Here's another idea. At initdb time, create an empty directory called >> called pg_you_can_load_stuff_from_here (pick a better name) inside >> $PGDATA. Allow it to be replaced with a symlink. This would be >> similar to what we do today with pg_xlog. In fact, you can imagine an >> equivalent of initdb -X that does something precisely analogous. This >> feels a bit more natural to me than a GUC. > > I think I'd prefer a GUC that allows specifying multiple directories > that are searched in order to a single symlinked directory.
Why? I ask because I have the opposite preference, based on the precedent of pg_xlog. > Also, aren't "symlinks" an absolute PITA to manipulate by hand on > windows? Maybe so, but if that's an issue here it's a preexisting issue also. I think we shouldn't burden this patch with fixing it. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
