Re: BUG #13876: pg_xlogdump give an error on timeline switch

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>
Cc: postgresql(dot)org(at)gclough(dot)com, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: BUG #13876: pg_xlogdump give an error on timeline switch
Date: 2016-01-20 00:11:59
Message-ID: CAB7nPqRi+Do4370U6okmGwGFe+tptQH8WwF=bQLX0O+OtWvVUQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 12:44 AM, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de> wrote:
> You can manually choose the timeline you want to be displayed. Either by
> specifying -t or by specifying files from the other timeline.
>
> I don't think we really need to update pg_xlogdump to do any of this
> automatically - for which use case is that required?

Yes, I am not sure it is worth adding a dependency with the history
file just to debug the WAL contents.
--
Michael

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