On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Michael Paquier <michael.paqu...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 9:18 PM, Alexander Korotkov
> <a.korot...@postgrespro.ru> wrote:
> > attached patch allows pg_rewind to work when target timeline was
> switched.
> > Actually, this patch fixes TODO from pg_rewind comments.
> >
> >   /*
> >    * Trace the history backwards, until we hit the target timeline.
> >    *
> >    * TODO: This assumes that there are no timeline switches on the target
> >    * cluster after the fork.
> >    */
> >
> > This patch allows pg_rewind to handle data directory synchronization is
> much
> > more general way. For instance, user can return promoted standby to old
> > master.
>
> Yes. That would be useful.
>
> > In this patch target timeline history is exposed as global variable.
> Index
> > in target timeline history is used in function interfaces instead of
> > specifying TLI directly. Thus, SimpleXLogPageRead() can easily start
> reading
> > XLOGs from next timeline when current timeline ends.
>
> The implementation looks rather neat by having a first look at it, but
> the attached patch fails to compile:
> pg_rewind.c:488:4: error: use of undeclared identifier 'targetEntry'
>                         targetEntry = &targetHistory[i];
>                         ^
> Nice to see as well that this has been added to the CF of September.
>

Uh, sorry. Fixed version is attached.

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Alexander Korotkov
Postgres Professional: http://www.postgrespro.com
The Russian Postgres Company

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