Re: basic_archive lost archive_directory - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> writes:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2026 at 03:14:15PM -0600, Nathan Bossart wrote:
>> 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().

> Any thoughts?  I'll wait another week or so, but then will proceed with
> committing/back-patching this.

Agreed --- this seems like a pretty inappropriate check to be making
in a check_hook.

            regards, tom lane