Re: recovery_connections cannot start (was Re: master in standby mode croaks)

Tom Lane wrote:
> We realized some time ago that it was a good idea to separate
> archive_mode (what to put in WAL) from archive_command (whether we are
> actually archiving right now).  If we fail to apply that same principle
> to Hot Standby, I think we'll come to regret it.

The recovery_connections GUC does that. If you enable it, the extra
information required for hot standby is written to the WAL, otherwise
it's not.

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