Re: [PATCHES] odd output in restore mode

From: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Martin Zaun <Martin(dot)Zaun(at)Sun(dot)COM>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Dave Page <dpage(at)pgadmin(dot)org>, List pgsql-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [PATCHES] odd output in restore mode
Date: 2008-07-25 20:53:02
Message-ID: 1217019182.3894.1007.camel@ebony.2ndQuadrant
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On Fri, 2008-07-25 at 16:31 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > On Tue, 2008-07-22 at 17:19 -0700, Martin Zaun wrote:
> >> reviewing your patch
>
> > Current status is this:
> > * My understanding is that Dave and Andrew (and therefore Simon) think
> > the approach proposed here is an acceptable one. Heikki disagrees and
> > wants different approach. Perhaps I misunderstand.
> > * Patch needs work to complete the proposed approach
> > * I'm willing to change the patch, but not able to test it on Windows.
>
> I thought the latest conclusion was that changing the behavior of
> pg_standby itself wouldn't address the problem anyway, and that what we
> need is just a docs patch recommending that people use safe copying
> methods in their scripts that copy to the archive area?

Plus the rest of this patch, which is really very simple.

pg_standby currently waits (on Windows) for the sleep time. We agreed
that this sleep would be on by default, but optional.

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Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com
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