Re: pg_rewind vs superuser

From: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Michael Banck <mbanck(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_rewind vs superuser
Date: 2019-04-05 08:11:22
Message-ID: CABUevEyc_4gLZSFDacsbC=Jy_-rEhM4zOd3Gr=7OdA3pBZAK2g@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 10:06 AM Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz> wrote:

> On Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 09:59:29AM +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > A related question is, could we (for 12+) actually make the problem go
> > away? As in, can we detect the state and just have pg_rewind issue the
> > checkpoint as needed?
>
> I am not sure as you can still bump into the legit case where one is
> trying to rewind an instance which is on the same timeline as the
> source, and nothing should happen in this case.
>

If that is the case, would running a CHECKPOINT actually cause a problem?

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