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From: Tom Lane <[email protected]>
To: Oliver Elphick <[email protected]>
Cc: Neil Conway <[email protected]>
Cc: PostgreSQL hackers list <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] initdb should create a warning message [was Re: [ADMIN] Size on Disk]
Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 10:13:11 -0500
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Oliver Elphick <[email protected]> writes:
> On Sun, 2003-11-30 at 23:18, Neil Conway wrote:
>> I do agree that we could stand to document the purpose of pg_clog
>> and pg_xlog more clearly. However, this information belongs in the
>> standard documentation, not scattered throughout $PGDATA.

> Then it needs to be stated very prominently.  But the place to put a
> sign saying "Dangerous cliff edge" is beside the path that leads along
> it.

How about changing the names of those directories?

			regards, tom lane

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