On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 1:34 PM, Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 1, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Joshua Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> wrote: > >> So, we have four potential paths regarding recovery.conf: >> >> 1) Break backwards compatibility entirely, and stop supporting recovery.conf >> as a trigger file at all. > > Note that is exactly what I have suggested when using "standby" mode > from pg_ctl. > > But you already know that, since you said "If it's possible to run a > replica without having a recovery.conf file, > then I'm fine with your solution", and I already confirmed back to you > that would be possible. >
"It's possible to run a replica without having a recovery.conf file" is not the same thing as "If someone makes a recovery.conf file, it won't break my operations". AIUI, you are not supporting the latter. Robert Treat conjecture: xzilla.net consulting: omniti.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
