Re: No mention of standby.signal in pg_ugprade docs

From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>
To: Dan Stoner <dstoner(at)iris(dot)washington(dot)edu>, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: No mention of standby.signal in pg_ugprade docs
Date: 2021-07-16 05:19:48
Message-ID: f0b2a275d5e1ba839cbef9e78eb63802c3c76b24.camel@cybertec.at
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On Thu, 2021-07-15 at 14:39 -0400, Dan Stoner wrote:
> I noticed that standby.signal is not mentioned anywhere in the pg_upgrade document.
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/13/pgupgrade.html
>
> I had trouble the first time I tried to start my secondary because it didn't connect to the primary / start streaming until I touched the signal
> file. The signal file is obliterated during the rsync but there is no mention of putting it back or preserving it.

I think you are right.

I will incorporate that in my patch to improve the documentation:
https://www.postgr.es/m/22f129004bb66cd91e1dfd3345a9787f5039f3ae.camel%40cybertec.at

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

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