Horton

Re: PATCH: add "--config-file=" option to pg_rewind

Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>

View thread View on postgr.es
From: Daniel Gustafsson <daniel@yesql.se>
To: Alexander Kukushkin <cyberdemn@gmail.com>
Cc: Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com>, Gunnar Nick Bluth <gunnar.bluth@pro-open.de>, "pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2022-02-24T13:08:40Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
> On 24 Feb 2022, at 10:27, Alexander Kukushkin <cyberdemn@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello Gunnar,
> 
> On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 10:03, Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander@timescale.com> wrote:
>  
> > wants to use the "-c" option on a typical Debian/Ubuntu installation
> > (where the config resides below /etc/postgresql/), pg_rewind needs a way
> > to be told where the postgresql.conf actually is.
> >
> > The attached patch implements this as an option.
> >
> > [...]
> 
> Good catch!
> 
> Yeah, it is a known problem, and there was already another patch trying to address it [1].

There is yet another related patch which provides a parameter to pass in
restore_command in cases where postgresq.conf isn't reachable:

  https://commitfest.postgresql.org/37/3213/

--
Daniel Gustafsson		https://vmware.com/

Commits

  1. Add option --config-file to pg_rewind

  2. Rework internal command generation of pg_rewind