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Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog

Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>

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From: Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>
To: Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Thomas Munro <thomas.munro@enterprisedb.com>, Craig Ringer <craig.ringer@2ndquadrant.com>, Jim Nasby <Jim.Nasby@bluetreble.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>
Date: 2016-10-14T12:58:33Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Re: Stephen Frost 2016-10-14 <20161014113523.GZ13284@tamriel.snowman.net>
> > I think it would help if we moved it to something like
> > "internal/pg_xlog" and "internal/pg_clog".  Keep the name but move it
> > out of sight.
> 
> I disagree that this will materially help with the issue.

And internal/base and internal/global and internal/pg_... because
these shouldn't be touched by the users either.

I don't think this would lead anywhere.

Christoph

Commits

  1. Rename "pg_clog" directory to "pg_xact".

  2. Improve error reporting in pg_upgrade's file copying/linking/rewriting.