Re: [PATCH] Add initial xid/mxid/mxoff to initdb

On 05.05.22 17:47, Maxim Orlov wrote:
> During work on 64-bit XID patch [1] we found handy to have initdb
> options to set initial xid/mxid/mxoff values to arbitrary non default
> values. It helps test different scenarios: related to wraparound,
> pg_upgrade from 32-bit XID to 64-bit XID, etc.
>
> We realize, this patch can be singled out as an independent patch from
> the whole patchset in [1] and be useful irrespective of 64-bit XID in
> cases of testing of wraparound and so on.
>
> In particular, we employed this patch to test recent changes in logical
> replication of subxacts [2] and found no problems in it near the point
> of publisher wraparound.

Just for completeness, over in the other thread the feedback was that
this functionality is better put into pg_resetwal.