On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> wrote:
>> I'm not sure I understand this issue in detail, but why would using
>> rmtree() on something you expect to be a symlink ever be a good idea?
>> It seems like if things are the way you expect them to be, it has no
>> benefit, but if they are different from what you expect, you might
>> blow away a ton of important data.
>>
>> Maybe I am just confused.
>
> The suggestion is to get rid of using rmtree. Instead, if we find a
> non-symlink in pg_tblspc we'll make the user clean it up before we can
> continue. So your instinct is in tune with my suggestion.
Right. Maybe I should have just said "+1".
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