Re: avoid create a tablespace in pg_tblspc

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 6:22 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> "Jaime Casanova" <jcasanov@systemguards.com.ec> writes:
>> bug report http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-bugs/2008-10/msg00037.php
>> seems like a reasonably request to me... and one that is simple to
>> fulfill, just create a PG_VERSION in the pg_tblspc dir at initdb.
>
> I don't think it's a reasonable request.  If we take this seriously,
> we'd have to buy into making sure that no subdirectory of $PGDATA is
> ever empty.  Which is silly.  And what of empty directories elsewhere?
> There are any number of ways to shoot yourself in the foot with a bad
> choice of tablespace location --- I don't find this one more dangerous
> than any other.
>

well, this one can at least create a tablespace that never can be dropped


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Jaime Casanova
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