On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 7:50 PM, Heikki Linnakangas <
hlinnakangas@vmware.com> wrote:
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> I didn't follow the original discussions, but now that I look at this I have to wonder:
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> Why does pg_basebackup -T create the symlink pointing to the wrong location in the first place, only to fix it later?
Good question.
>Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to create it correctly in the first place?
Looking at the code, I think it is very well possible to create
it correctly in the first place without much extra work. I will
send a patch if nobody sees any problem with this change.