On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 11:39 AM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@gmail.com> writes: > In the now-committed version of this, the 'pg_ctl start' returns > successfully as soon as the server reaches a consistent state. Which is OK, > except that it does the same thing when hot_standby=off. When > hot_standby=off, I would expect it to wait for the end of recovery before > exiting with a success code.
Um, won't it be waiting forever with that definition?
regards, tom lane
No, this isn't streaming. It hits the PITR limit (recovery_target_*), or runs out of archived wal, and then it opens for business.