Re: pgsql start implies initdb = bad

[Joerg Sonnenberger <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost>]

On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 08:34:01PM +0100, Jan Danielsson wrote:
>    Interested parties should read this thread (it's actually really
> interesting to see the detective work being done):
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-12/msg00479.php

I disagree. The current check only runs the initdb if the database
cluster is completely missing. Frankly, if you mount your database via
NFS or have a missing filesystem for other reasons, you have bigger
issues. I'm not convinced that this is in any way a practical issue.

Joerg