Re: recovery_connections cannot start

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
To: Dimitri Fontaine <dfontaine(at)hi-media(dot)com>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Kevin Grittner <Kevin(dot)Grittner(at)wicourts(dot)gov>, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: recovery_connections cannot start
Date: 2010-04-27 13:20:53
Message-ID: 1272374453.4161.7232.camel@ebony
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On Tue, 2010-04-27 at 15:10 +0200, Dimitri Fontaine wrote:
> Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > Treating the string "true" as a special case seems like a kludge to
> > me. Maybe a robust set of internal commands wouldn't be a kludge, but
> > that's not what's being proposed here. I guess it's just a matter of
> > opinion.
>
> I don't see how to have internal commands without having special cases
> for the setting, and I did propose "pg_archive_bypass" as the name. I
> guess the implementation would be what Simon was talking about, though.
>
> I don't see "true" as meaningful in the context of an archive_command…

Saying "its a kludge" doesn't really address the issue and goes nowhere
towards fixing it. If we don't like the proposal, fine, then what is the
alternative solution?

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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com

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