Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/src

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

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

Cc: Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart@fourpalms.org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>

Date: 2002-08-13T19:53:22Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

Tom Lane writes:

> That does not change my opinion about the -X/PGXLOG switch though ---
> having a backup safety check is not an excuse for having a fundamentally
> insecure set of startup options.

OK, so:

1. Leave -X option in initdb.  Remove all other -X options.

2. Remove all uses of PGXLOG.

3. Symlink from PGDATA to desired location.

4. Implement pg_mvxlog to move xlog if server is shut down.  (So no one
needs to know about 3.)

In the future:

Combine pg_mvxlog, pg_controldata, pg_resetxlog into pg_srvadm.

Sounds good.

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Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net