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diff --git a/postgresql-setup.in b/postgresql-setup.in
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--- a/postgresql-setup.in
+++ b/postgresql-setup.in
@@ -793,6 +793,16 @@ debug "final pgport: $pgport"
script_result=0
+if @MOUNTPOINT@ -q "$pgdata" || @MOUNTPOINT@ -q "$(dirname "$pgdata")"; then
+ warn $"Note that either your data directory '$pgdata' or"
+ warn_q $"the parent directory '$(dirname "$pgdata")'"
+ warn_q $"is a direct mountpoint. This is usually bad idea and your"
+ warn_q $"filesystem layout should ideally look like:"
+ warn_q $"/ROOT_OWNED_MOUNTPOINT/POSTGRES_OWNED_DIRECTORY/DATADIR."
+ warn_q $"See the upstream documentation for more info:"
+ warn_q $"http://www.postgresql.org/docs/@PGMAJORVERSION@/static/creating-cluster.html"
+fi
+
# See how we were called.
case "$option_mode" in
initdb)