Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com> writes:
> err...I don't see *any* problem at all, since pg_standby does not do
> step (1) in the way you say and therefore never does step (5). Any links
> created are explicitly deleted in all cases at the end of recovery.
That's a good point; don't we recover files under names like
RECOVERYXLOG, not under names that could possibly conflict with regular
WAL files?
regards, tom lane