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Re: define PG_REPLSLOT_DIR

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

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From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Bertrand Drouvot <bertranddrouvot.pg@gmail.com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2024-09-03T06:27:37Z
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On Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 04:35:28AM +0000, Bertrand Drouvot wrote:
> I understand why pg_xlog and pg_wal both need to be listed here, but I don't
> get why the proposed changes were "wrong". Or, are you saying that if for any
> reason PG_TBLSPC_DIR needs to be changed that would not work
> anymore?

Yes.  Folks are not going to do that, but changing PG_TBLSPC_DIR would
change the decision-making when streaming from versions older than
v17 with clients tools from v18~.
--
Michael

Commits

  1. Define PG_TBLSPC_DIR for path pg_tblspc/ in data folder

  2. Define PG_LOGICAL_DIR for path pg_logical/ in data folder

  3. Define PG_REPLSLOT_DIR for path pg_replslot/ in data folder