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Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andres Freund
Subject Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal
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Msg-id 20170209210846.44bajra6p376yxr6@alap3.anarazel.de
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Rename pg_switch_xlog to pg_switch_wal  (Josh Berkus <josh@berkus.org>)
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On 2017-02-09 13:03:41 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Counter-argument: moving the directory is going to break many tools
> anyway, so why bother with function aliases?

There's not actually that many tools affected by renaming pg_xlog,
i.e. there are tools that aren't affected by the rename at all, but do
calle *xlog* functions.

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