Re: [HACKERS] Reducing pg_ctl's reaction time

Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@gmail.com> writes:
> The 10 fold increase in log spam during long PITR recoveries is a bit
> unfortunate.

> 9153  2017-06-26 12:55:40.243 PDT FATAL:  the database system is starting up
> 9154  2017-06-26 12:55:40.345 PDT FATAL:  the database system is starting up
> 9156  2017-06-26 12:55:40.447 PDT FATAL:  the database system is starting up
> 9157  2017-06-26 12:55:40.550 PDT FATAL:  the database system is starting up
> ...

> I can live with it, but could we use an escalating wait time so it slows
> back down to once a second after a while?

Sure, what do you think an appropriate behavior would be?
        regards, tom lane