Zeugswetter Andreas SB SD wrote:
> 
> > First of all, symlinks are a pretty popular "feature."  Even Windows
> > supports what would be needed.  Second of all, PostgreSQL will still
> > run on OSes without symlinks, tablespaces won't be available, but
> > PostgreSQL will still run.  Since we are all using PostgreSQL without
> 
> My idea for platforms that don't support symlinks would be to simply create
> a tblspaceoid directory inplace instead of the symlink (maybe throw a warning).
> My feeling is, that using the same syntax on such platforms is important, 
> but actual distribution is not (since they will most likely be small systems).

Nice idea --- so you can create tablespaces, but can't specify a
different location for it --- makes sense.

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