Re: danger of stats_temp_directory = /dev/shm

Tom,

> I note BTW that similar complaints could be lodged against the
> log_directory setting.  We've not worried about that one too much.

Actually, it does happen that when you change log_directory on a reload,
stuff takes an uneven amount of time to "cut over"; that is, there's a
few seconds while you're writing to both logs at once.  Materially,
though, this isn't a serious operational issue (the logs are known to be
asynchronous), so beyond confusing newbies, it's not something we'd want
to fix.

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