Re: a small proposal for avoiding foot-shooting

From: Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk>
To: "Albe Laurenz" <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at>
Cc: "Tom Lane" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: a small proposal for avoiding foot-shooting
Date: 2008-12-22 12:21:01
Message-ID: 871vw0wgcy.fsf@news-spur.riddles.org.uk
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>>>>> "Albe" == Albe Laurenz <laurenz(dot)albe(at)wien(dot)gv(dot)at> writes:

Albe> I *guess* it is the problem addressed by

Albe> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2008-04/msg00275.php
Albe> and
Albe> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-committers/2008-04/msg00358.php

No; the problem is with stop -mimmediate (not -mfast), or any other
PANIC shutdown of the postmaster during backup.

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Andrew.

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