On 2013-11-21 12:39:54 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> On 11/21/2013 12:36 PM, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > This is turning into a rather large thread and I have a simple question:
> >
> > Is a work-around to this problem as simple as disabling streaming
> > replication and enabling log shipping instead?
No. Check
http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/20131120234141.GI18801%40awork2.anarazel.de
The problem is starting with hot_standby=on on a system with
recovery.conf present. It is independent of whether you use streaming
replication, archive based recovery, or just shutdown the server and
manually copy xlog segments there.
As long as hot_standby=on, and recovery.conf is present you can hit the
bug.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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