Re: odd buildfarm failure - "pg_ctl: control file appears to be corrupt"

From: Thomas Munro <thomas(dot)munro(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: "Anton A(dot) Melnikov" <aamelnikov(at)inbox(dot)ru>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: odd buildfarm failure - "pg_ctl: control file appears to be corrupt"
Date: 2023-03-08 04:28:07
Message-ID: CA+hUKG+4FSkHV5ftUJmA8CjVWWuMV2GM6GfCbsZHFz0RYQwM0Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 4:43 PM Anton A. Melnikov <aamelnikov(at)inbox(dot)ru> wrote:
> On 04.03.2023 00:39, Thomas Munro wrote:
> > Could we make better use of the safe copy that we have in the log?
> > Then the pg_backup_start() subproblem would disappear. Conceptually,
> > that'd be just like the way we use FPI for data pages copied during a
> > backup. I'm not sure about any of that, though, it's just an idea,
> > not tested.
>
> Sorry, i didn't understand the question about log. Would you explain me
> please what kind of log did you mention and where can i look this
> safe copy creation in the code?

Sorry, I was confused; please ignore that part. We don't have a copy
of the control file anywhere else. (Perhaps we should, but that could
be a separate topic.)

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