Re: Backup history file should be replicated in Streaming Replication?

Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>

From: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2009-12-30T17:24:21Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 15:31 +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> Simon Riggs wrote:
> > The code has always been capable of starting without this, which was
> > considered a feature to be able start from a hot copy.
> 
> Why is that desirable? The system is in an inconsistent state. To force
> it, you can always use pg_resetxlog.

It's not desirable, for me, but its been there since 8.0 and I have no
info on whether its used. If you have a workaround that allows us to
continue to support it, I suggest you document it and then plug the gap
as originally suggested by you.

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 Simon Riggs           www.2ndQuadrant.com