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Re: BUG #14999: pg_rewind corrupts control file global/pg_control

Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

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From: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: TipTop Labs <office@tiptop-labs.com>, Dmitry Dolgov <9erthalion6@gmail.com>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org>
Date: 2018-06-19T07:09:56Z
Lists: pgsql-bugs, pgsql-hackers

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On Mon, Apr 09, 2018 at 01:58:26PM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> That's mentioned in the docs of the attached.

So, I have read again this thread, and it seems to me that there are
many approaches, but all of them have downsides.  Hence at the end I
would suggest to document the limitation with for example the attached,
and call it a day.

Thoughts?
--
Michael

Commits

  1. Add note in pg_rewind documentation about read-only files