On 4/23/15 4:30 PM, Andres Freund wrote: > On 2015-04-23 16:26:09 -0400, Robert Haas wrote: >> But pg_upgrade automates all that, so you can't use pg_upgrade in that >> case. If we add a GUC as I suggested, you can still use pg_upgrade. > > But we also have to live with data directories being in a shit state > forever onward. We won't really be able to remove the option > realistically. > > It's not that hard to just move the tablespace out of the data directory > while the server. As long as you move it on the same partition, it's > even fast.
I agree. It wouldn't be that hard to do a bit of directory manipulation before upgrading - and that's only for the people who have put tablespaces in $PGDATA. I've never seen it before, but I have no doubt that it happens. I can see how it might make a weird sort of sense depending on the level of experience. -- - David Steele da...@pgmasters.net
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