[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > The only other idea I can think of is to create a new pg_path.conf file. > > It would have the same format as postgresql.conf, but contain > > information about /data location, config file location, and perhaps > > pg_xlog location. > > > > The file would be created by special flags to initdb, and once created, > > would have to be used instead of pgdata for postmaster startup. > > That seems like a lot more risky, doesn't it? What is technically bad > about my patch? Why is it "bad?" Everyone is offering something different > than what I suggest. What is technically wrong with the patch? What can I > alter to correct any concerns? > > I'm not a very good at politics, I sometimes tend to alianate people in > discussions, but I am simply unable to understand why the features I > suggest are not being considered "as is." I have been using them for a > while now, I find them very useful, and I have people downloading the > patch from my site on a regular basis. Yet I an unable to say "Here can we > add this." The response is "We don't like this for x, y, and z," but > reasons x, y, and z already exist in one form or another in the current > implementation. > > (1) What tangable harm comes to postgresql.conf from these features? > (2) What problem (security, stabilitry, safety, etc.) is created by these > features that doesn't already exist in some form already. > (3) Isn't having this as an option "better" than making it normal for > people to mess around in the PGDATA directory? > (4) Isn't open source and UNIX phylosophy about providing capability not > enforcing policy?
I think the major problem with your -C & -D idea is that you require the administrator to link the config file and data directory everytime you start the db, and that might be error-prone. -- 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 8: explain analyze is your friend
