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Re: Inconsistent LSN format in pg_waldump output

Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>

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From: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
To: Japin Li <japinli@hotmail.com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-07-03T16:07:45Z
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On 2025-Jul-03, Japin Li wrote:

> Providing two LSN formats — %X%08X for translatable messages and
> LSN_FORMAT for non-translatable ones — seems to offer no clear advantage.
> 
> I'd prefer to use %X/%08X directly and add the description to the
> LSN_FORMAT_ARGS macro.

WFM.

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Álvaro Herrera         PostgreSQL Developer  —  https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/
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Commits

  1. Fix a couple more places in docs for pg_lsn change

  2. Adapt pg_upgrade test to pg_lsn output format difference

  3. Standardize LSN formatting by zero padding