Re: [v9.2] Start new timeline for PITR

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>
Cc: PG Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [v9.2] Start new timeline for PITR
Date: 2011-06-10 00:59:04
Message-ID: 28593.1307667544@sss.pgh.pa.us
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David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> writes:
> The nice people at VMware, where I work, have come up with a small
> patch to allow PITR to create a new timeline. This is useful in cases
> where you're using filesystem snapshots of $PGDATA which may be old.

Huh? We already start a new timeline when doing a non-crash-recovery
replay scenario.

The code looks pretty confused too, which makes it difficult to
reverse-engineer what your point is.

regards, tom lane

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