Re: Standalone backends run StartupXLOG in an incorrect environment
Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
From: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
To: Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-04-19T17:01:04Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes: > On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 11:19 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> If you think we're at the point where this item is the main thing >> standing between us and beta, I'll go do something about it. I've >> been waiting for the HS code to settle before trying to design a >> solution... > I'm not hugely interested in supporting HS in standalone backends. I'm not either. The type of scenario that I'm worried about is someone trying to use a standalone backend to clean up after a recovery failure. Right now I'm afraid that could make things worse (ie create additional corruption). regards, tom lane