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Re: basic_archive lost archive_directory

Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>

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From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
Cc: Sergei Kornilov <sk@zsrv.org>, Олег Самойлов <splarv@ya.ru>, pgsql-bugs@lists.postgresql.org, Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Date: 2026-02-11T21:14:15Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs

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On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 10:06:25AM -0600, Nathan Bossart wrote:
> As I mentioned upthread, IMHO we should simply remove the existence check
> from the GUC check hook.  basic_archive must already be written to handle
> the archive directory disappearing at any moment, so we should be able to
> rely on it without the extra stat().

Concretely, like the attached.

-- 
nathan

Commits

  1. basic_archive: Allow archive directory to be missing at startup.