Re: recovery_connections cannot start (was Re: master in standby mode croaks)

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(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 (was Re: master in standby mode croaks)
Date: 2010-04-23 23:07:20
Message-ID: 19237.1272064040@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Agreed on the general point, but AFAICS that proposal keeps the meaning
>> of archive_mode the same as it was.

> Well, clearly it doesn't. Someone who thinks they can simply turn
> archive_mode=on and set archive_command is going to be sadly
> disappointed.

Well, there is another variable that they'll have to adjust as well,
but ISTM that archive_mode still does what it did before, ie, determine
whether we attempt to archive WAL segments.

regards, tom lane

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