On 9/17/17 18:21, Rosser Schwarz wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Peter Eisentraut
> <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com
> <mailto:peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>> wrote:
>> I understand the --drop-slot part. But I don't understand what it means
>> to ignore a missing replication slot when running --start.
>
> I'm not sure I do either, honestly. I followed the Principle of Least
> Surprise in making it a no-op when those switches are used and the slot
> doesn't exist, over "no one will ever do that". Because someone will.
>
> I'm happy to hear suggestions on what to do in that case beyond exit
> cleanly.
Nonsensical option combinations should result in an error.
It appears that you have removed the interaction of --start and
--if-exists in your last patch, but the documentation patch still
mentions it. Which is correct?
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