Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql-server/src backend/tcop/postgres.c backe ...

Thomas Lockhart wrote:
> CVSROOT:    /cvsroot
> Module name:    pgsql-server
> Changes by:    thomas@postgresql.org    02/08/04 02:26:38
> 
> Modified files:
>     src/backend/tcop: postgres.c 
>     src/backend/bootstrap: bootstrap.c 
>     src/backend/postmaster: postmaster.c 
>     src/bin/initdb : initdb.sh 
>     src/bin/pg_ctl : pg_ctl.sh 
>     src/include/access: xlog.h 
> 
> Log message:
>     Implement WAL log location control using "-X" or PGXLOG.

Woh, I didn't think we had agreement on this.  This populates the 'X'
all over the system (postgres, postmaster, initdb, pg_ctl),  while the
simple solution would be to add the flag only to initdb and use a
symlink from /data.  I also think it is less error-prone because you
can't accidentally point to the wrong XLOG directory.  In fact, you
almost have to use an environment variable unles you plan to specify -X
for all the commands.   In my mind, PGDATA should take care of the whole
thing for pointing to your data.

If you want to do it this way, I request a vote.

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