Josh Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> writes: >> >> only that you need to start in recovery mode to start replication > > Right, but my point is that having a trigger file *is not necessary for > replication, only for PITR* -- and maybe not necessary even for PITR. > That is, in a streaming replication configuration, having a > "standby_mode = on|off" parameter is 100% sufficient to control > replication with the small detail that "pg_ctl promote" needs to set it > in pg.auto.conf or conf.d. > > And, now, having given it some thought, I'm going to argue that it's not > required for PITR either, provided that we can use the auto.conf method. > > Before I go into my ideas, though, what does the current patch do > regarding non-replication PITR?
It removes that $PGDATA/standby.enable trigger file it relies on to start the PITR in the first place. -- Alex -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
