On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 1:41 AM, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: > So at this point I'm pretty baffled as to what the actual use-case is > here.
It is easier to attach a debugger in this case to analyze the problem? > I am tempted to say that a standalone backend should refuse to > start at all if a recovery.conf file is present. If we do want to > allow the case, we need some careful thought about what it should do. +1 for preventing an instance in --single mode to start if recovery.conf is present. It is better to put safeguards than getting unwanted behaviors. -- Michael -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers