Hi,

I noticed that  standby.signal is not mentioned anywhere in the pg_upgrade 
document.

https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/pgupgrade.html

I had trouble the first time I tried to start my secondary because it didn't 
connect to the primary / start streaming until I touched the signal 
file.  The signal file is obliterated during the rsync but there is no mention 
of putting it back or preserving it.


Here is what the docs currently read:

10. Upgrade streaming replication and log-shipping standby servers
...
e. Save configuration files

Save any configuration files from the old standbys' configuration directories 
you need to keep, e.g., postgresql.conf (and any files included by it), 
postgresql.auto.conf, pg_hba.conf, because these will be overwritten or removed 
in the next step.



Maybe a mention of standby.signal would make sense under:

g. Configure streaming replication and log-shipping standby servers



Thanks for considering this change.


Dan Stoner



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