Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 4:05 PM Peter Eisentraut
> <peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> My idea is that the postmaster can launch a base backup worker, wait
>> till it's done, then proceed with the rest of the startup. initdb gets
>> a special option to create a "minimal" data directory with only a few
>> files, directories, and the usual configuration files.
> Why do we even have to do that much? Can we remove the need for an
> initdb altogether?
Gotta have config files in place already, no?
regards, tom lane
