On Thu, Apr 14, 2016 at 11:12 AM, Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> wrote: > On 2016-04-14 13:43:34 +0530, Ashutosh Sharma wrote: >> I tried performing pg_basebackup after creating a symbolic link for >> pg_replslot, pg_stat_tmp, pg_log and pg_clog in the source directory > > That's not supported, and I strongly suspect that you're goint to hit > more than just this issue. The only directory you're allowed to symlink > away is pg_xlog.
I think various tools might choke on such a configuration, but I'm not entirely sure why we haven't made them all work. Is there some more fundamental problem? -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
