On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 4:07 AM, Dimitri Fontaine
<dfontaine@hi-media.com> wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
>>> On Mon, 2010-04-26 at 10:41 +0200, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
>>>> Would it be possible to have "internal" commands there, as for example
>>>> cd is in my shell, or test, or time, or some more ?
>>>>
>>>> That would allow for providing a portable /usr/bin/true command as far
>>>> as archiving is concerned (say, pg_archive_bypass), and will allow for
>>>> providing a default archiving command in the future, like "pg_archive_cp
>>>> /location" or something.
>>
>> Separating wal_mode and archive_mode, as we recently discussed, might
>> eliminate the need for this kludge, if archive_mode can then be made
>> changeable without a restart.
>
> I don't see my proposal as anything like a kludge at all. Internal
> commands are hugely practical and here would allow for PostgreSQL to
> provide basic portable archive and restore commands for simple cases,
> providing the necessary guarantees and error management.
Treating the string "true" as a special case seems like a kludge to
me. Maybe a robust set of internal commands wouldn't be a kludge, but
that's not what's being proposed here. I guess it's just a matter of
opinion.
...Robert
