>>>>> "Heikki" == Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakan...@vmware.com> writes:
>> Also, receivexlog is ignoring .partial and .history files when >> determining which timeline to start streaming from, which means >> that if there are two timeline changes that are not separated by a >> WAL segment switch, it will fail to operate due to attempting to >> start from a too-old timeline (for which xlogs are not available >> on the server). Heikki> There's nothing we can do with .history files here. The point Heikki> is to find out how far we have already received WAL, and the Heikki> presence of a .history file doesn't tell you anything about Heikki> that. I was thinking that the presence of a history file might at least be useful for setting a bound on what TLI we're going to use; but if a possible .partial file is taken into account the issue should be moot anyway I guess. Heikki> Attached is a patch to fix both of these issues. I'm too Heikki> tired right now to thoroughly test it and commit, so I'll get Heikki> back to this tomorrow. Meanwhile, please take a look and let Heikki> me know if you can see something wrong. A quick eyeball check looks ok; I'll see about reproducing the original scenario with this patch applied. -- Andrew (irc:RhodiumToad) -- Sent via pgsql-bugs mailing list (pgsql-bugs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-bugs
