Re: [HACKERS] Re: BUG #4796: Recovery followed by backup creates unrecoverable WAL-file

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Mikael Krantz <mk(at)zigamorph(dot)se>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: BUG #4796: Recovery followed by backup creates unrecoverable WAL-file
Date: 2009-05-15 13:45:26
Message-ID: 1242395126.3843.738.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant
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On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 15:34 +0200, Mikael Krantz wrote:
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Heikki Linnakangas
> <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> wrote:
> > That was the original issue you ran into. That has now been fixed by forcing
> > an xlog switch at pg_start_backup(), so that you can't start a backup in a
> > WAL file that contains records from a lower numbered timeline.
>
> Ah, sorry.

No worries. Thanks for reporting the original bug and for staying
involved while we think of how to handle the problems it highlights.

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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support

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