Re: PATCH: add "--config-file=" option to pg_rewind

Hello Gunnar,

On Thu, 24 Feb 2022 at 10:03, Aleksander Alekseev <aleksander(at)timescale(dot)com>
wrote:

> > wants to use the "-c" option on a typical Debian/Ubuntu installation
> > (where the config resides below /etc/postgresql/), pg_rewind needs a way
> > to be told where the postgresql.conf actually is.
> >
> > The attached patch implements this as an option.
> >
> > [...]
>
> Good catch!
>

Yeah, it is a known problem, and there was already another patch trying to
address it [1].
Honestly, I like your approach much better, because, the previous make was
assuming that the data_directory GUC is specified in the postgresql.conf,
which is not very flexible.

>
> Could you also implement a TAP test for the new code?
>

+1

+ <para>
+ In case the <filename>postgresql.conf</filename> of your target
cluster is not in the
+ target pgdata and you want to use the <option>-c</option> option,
+ provide a (relative or absolute) path to the
<filename>postgresql.conf</filename> using this option.
+ </para>

It took me a while to understand the meaning of <option>-c</option>. Maybe
changing it to <option>--restore-target-wal</option> will make it easier to
understand.

[1]
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/16982-f12294cccd221480%40postgresql.org

Regards,
--
Alexander Kukushkin