On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 15:58 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> writes:
> >                                     (errmsg("recovery command file \"%s\" 
> > specified neither primary_conninfo nor restore_command",
> > -                                                   
> > RECOVERY_COMMAND_FILE)));
> > +                                                   RECOVERY_COMMAND_FILE),
> > +                                    errdetail("The database server will 
> > regularly poll the pg_xlog subdirectory to check for files placed 
> > there.")));
> 
> That's not a "detail", as it has nothing to do with details of the error
> condition.  It might pass muster as a "hint", though I'm not entirely
> sure what the point is.

The server sits around doing nothing and the point of the message is to
explain why that is and give a hint as to what might change that
situation, if anything.

-- 
 Simon Riggs           www.2ndQuadrant.com


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