Re: WAL file compatibility

Tom Lane wrote:
> ...
> The source and destination servers have to be the same major PG release,
> same architecture (no 32-bit vs 64-bit for instance), and built with the
> same configure options.  OS per se shouldn't matter, but you could
> easily get burnt on configure options if you use binaries obtained from
> different packagers.  Compare pg_config output or check the fields
> listed by pg_controldata.
>
>             regards, tom lane
>
>
Out of curiosity, will Pg automatically detect incompatible WAL files
and refuse to operate on them throwing the appropriate error or can it
appear to work for a while until it suddenly doesn't?

Cheers,
Steve