Re: xlog.c: removing ReadRecPtr and EndRecPtr

On 2021-Nov-18, Robert Haas wrote:

> Unfortunately, this test case isn't remotely committable as-is, and I
> don't know how to make it so. The main problem is that, although you
> can start up a server with nothing in pg_wal, no restore_command, and
> no archive command, pg_ctl will not believe that it has started.

Would it work to start postmaster directly instad of using pg_ctl, and
then rely on (say) pg_isready?

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