On Wed, 2009-12-02 at 16:41 +0000, Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 20:26 +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
> > Simon Riggs wrote:
> > > commit 02c3eadb766201db084b668daa271db4a900adc9
> > > Author: Simon Riggs <sriggs@ebony.(none)>
> > > Date: Sat Nov 28 06:23:33 2009 +0000
> > >
> > > Added wal_standby_info GUC to turn RM_STANDBY_ID messages on/off.
> > > Various comments added also.
> > >
> >
> > This patch makes it unsafe to start hot standby mode from a shutdown
> > checkpoint, because we don't know if wal_standby_info was enabled in the
> > master.
Hmm, what happens if someone enables wal_standby_info in postgresql.conf
while the server is shutdown. It would still be a valid starting point
in that case. I'll just make a note, I think.
-- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com