Re: psql: FATAL: the database system is starting up

On 6/1/19 12:42 PM, Tom K wrote:
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> Of note are the characters f2W below.  I see nothing in the postgres 
> source code to indicate this is any recognizable postgres message.  A 
> part of me suspects that the postgres binaries got corrupted.   Had this 
> case occur with glib-common and a reinstall fixed it.  However the 
> postgres binaries csum matches a standalone install perfectly so that 
> should not be an issue.

It comes from timeline.c:

https://doxygen.postgresql.org/bin_2pg__rewind_2timeline_8c.html

pg_log_error("syntax error in history file: %s", fline);

...

There should be another error message after the above.


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Adrian Klaver
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