Hi! Erik Steffl [2005-06-12 16:25 -0700]: > why is there a link to logs in /etc? > > /etc/postgresql/7.4/main/log is a link to > /var/log/postgresql/postgresql-7.4-main.log The basic idea of the new cluster system was to have the complete information about a cluster's files in /etc/postgresql/<version>/<cluster>. That includes the location of the log files and the data directory, which are configured using these symlinks to their actual position. This makes it possible to move around clusters, rename them, or even have several postmasters log to the same file without assuming any preferred log file name in the infrastructure. > /etc is supposed to be for configuration files that are static, the > link to log violates both (yes, it's only a link so it doesn't change > but points to a file that changes and is definetely not a configuration > file). As you just said yourself, the link itself does not change, so it _is_ a static file. Its target is meant to be a piece of configuration which is user-changeable. As other people pointed out, it is equivalent to a link in /etc/alternative or an option in a real configuration file, so I don't see any problem with violating the spirit and the letters of the Debian Policy. The DP does not say that log files may never be moved around. > is this a bug? Or is this somehow valid? It is not a bug in the sense of an unexpected behavior. pg_createcluster was specifically designed that way. > btw I am not sure which package is this part of, can't find it using > dpkg -S, not even when I dpkg -L all postgresql packages I have > installed (I guess it was created by postinst sript or something like that). It is not a conffile, none of the files below /etc/postgresql is. These files are created by pg_createcluster and are properly cleaned in the respective postrm scripts. I still think this architecture is a good idea. It is technically possible to do without the symlinks and hardcode log file paths into the wrapper scripts. But it would just drop some nice features without actually gaining anything. So if you want to have that changed, you really have to convince me that symlinks in /etc are evil and worse than a config file option. Thanks and have a nice day, Martin -- Martin Pitt http://www.piware.de Ubuntu Developer http://www.ubuntu.com Debian Developer http://www.debian.org
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