Re: fsync-pgdata-on-recovery tries to write to more files than previously - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> On 05/26/2015 11:58 AM, Tom Lane wrote:
>> One thing perhaps we *should* be selective about, though, is which
>> symlinks we try to follow.  I think that a good case could be made
>> for ignoring symlinks everywhere except in the pg_tablespace directory.
>> If we did, that would all by itself take care of the Debian scenario,
>> if I understand that case correctly.

> People have symlinked the xlog directory.

Good point, we need to cover that case.
        regards, tom lane