Re: PITR potentially broken in 9.2

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: PITR potentially broken in 9.2
Date: 2012-11-28 15:51:08
Message-ID: 241.1354117868@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com> writes:
> On 28.11.2012 06:27, Noah Misch wrote:
>> I observed a similar problem with 9.2. Despite a restore_command that failed
>> every time, startup from a hot backup completed. At the time, I suspected a
>> mistake on my part.

> I believe this was caused by this little typo/thinko:

Is this related at all to the problem discussed over at
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-general/2012-11/msg00709.php
? The conclusion-so-far in that thread seems to be that an error
ought to be thrown for recovery_target_time earlier than the
backup stop time, but one is not getting thrown.

regards, tom lane

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