Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:14:15 -0600
From: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com>
To: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: basic_archive lost archive_directory
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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.

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nathan

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