On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 03:46:48PM -0700, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 6, 2021 at 3:30 PM Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us> wrote:
> > Yes, I can, though it seems like a much bigger issue than pg_upgrade.
> > I will be glad to dig into it.
>
> I'm not sure what you mean by that. Technically this would be an issue
> for any program that uses "pg_resetwal -x" in the way that pg_upgrade
> does, with those same expectations. But isn't pg_upgrade the only
> known program that behaves like that?
>
> I don't see any reason why this wouldn't be treated as a pg_upgrade
> bug in the release notes, regardless of the exact nature or provenance
> of the issue -- the pg_upgrade framing seems useful because this is a
> practical problem for pg_upgrade users alone. Have I missed something?
My point is that there are a lot internals involved here that are not
part of pg_upgrade, though it probably only affects pg_upgrade. Anyway,
Bertrand patch seems to have what I need.
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