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Re: Renaming of pg_xlog and pg_clog

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

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From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2016-08-27T18:11:33Z
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> I'm for renaming too, but I'd go with Peter E's suggestion: move pg_xlog
> to something like $PGDATA/var/wal or $PGDATA/srv/wal or something like that.

I think that would make sense if we were to relocate *everything* under
PGDATA into some FHS-like subdirectory structure.  But I'm against moving
the config files for previously-stated reasons, and I doubt it makes sense
to adopt an FHS-like structure only in part.

			regards, tom lane

Commits

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

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