Re: Safer auto-initdb for RPM init script

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

> Comments?  Anyone see a better way?

Well the truly bullet-proof mechanism would be to check every data file on
every open. You could have a header with some kind of unique tag generated at
initdb time and the backend could ensure it matches the same tag in the
control flag whenever you open a data file.

That might be too expensive though I don't see data files getting opened all
that frequently. You could do the same thing for free by putting the tag in
the file names though.

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