On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 11:12 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> > I notice that StartupCLOG zeroes out entries later than the nextxid when
> > we complete recovery in StartupXLOG, reason given is safety in case we
> > crash.
>
> > ISTM that we should also do that whenever we see a Shutdown Checkpoint
> > in WAL, since that can be caused by a shutdown immediate, shutdown abort
> > or crash.
>
> Er, what? The definition of a crash is the *lack* of a shutdown
> checkpoint.
Yes, but that's not what I'm saying.
I was thinking about what happens when you are performing a PITR using
log records that contain a crash/recovery/shutdown checkpoint sequence.
I take it there's no problem there?
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