Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> writes:
> I would like to introduce a WARNING message into recovery to show that a
> backup_label was expected, yet was not present. This is normal in some
> use cases of recovery, but we need to be able to tell those situations
> apart. Any objections?
Given that the case would sometimes be expected, I think a warning would
just add confusion. If we could distinguish the cases and make it a
hard ERROR to be lacking the label when it's needed, then maybe, but I'm
not sure how.
regards, tom lane