Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Agreed, it might not be possible, but your report does point out a
> limitation in our implementation --- that a shutdown database contains
> more information than a backup and the archive logs. That is not
> intuitive.
That's only because you are clinging to the broken assumption that
pg_xlog/ is part of the database, rather than part of the logs.
Separate that out as a distinct entity, and all gets better.
regards, tom lane