Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Check compulsory parameters in recovery.conf in standby_mode, per

Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>

From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-04-05T19:58:50Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
>  					(errmsg("recovery command file \"%s\" specified neither primary_conninfo nor restore_command",
> -							RECOVERY_COMMAND_FILE)));
> +							RECOVERY_COMMAND_FILE),
> +					 errdetail("The database server will regularly poll the pg_xlog subdirectory to check for files placed there.")));

That's not a "detail", as it has nothing to do with details of the error
condition.  It might pass muster as a "hint", though I'm not entirely
sure what the point is.

			regards, tom lane