Re: [PATCH] Fix pg_rewind false positives caused by shutdown-only WAL

Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla <srinath2133@gmail.com>

From: Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla <srinath2133@gmail.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: BharatDB <bharatdbpg@gmail.com>, PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2025-09-30T17:24:39Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
Hi Robert,

On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 8:08 PM Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Please stop sending AI-generated messages that you haven't reviewed
> for accuracy. You now seem to be conflating what you did or didn't do
> with what Srinath did or didn't do.


+1


> Unless BharatDB/Soumya/manimurali
> is the same person as Srinath
>

no, i am the original Srinath (SrinathIsVerified) lol.


>
> The short version here is that this patch has no future because the
> entire premise of it is incorrect. There's no point in sending another
> version ever, as far as I can see. If you or anyone else disagrees, we
> should talk about that.
>

Can you please once confirm this, did you mean that this is not even an
actual problem to fix or only this patch's logic which I provided does
not make sense?, because i am trying out come up with another patch based
on your inputs regarding considering controlfile changes ,
ignoring RUNNING_XACTS records, and to use XLogRecGetRmid test.


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Thanks,
Srinath Reddy Sadipiralla
EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com/