On Tue, Apr 10, 2018 at 4:44 PM, Michael Paquier <mich...@paquier.xyz> wrote: > Peter, the code does the right thing as it requires the instance's > control file state to be either DB_SHUTDOWNED_IN_RECOVERY or > DB_SHUTDOWNED. The documentation, on the contrary, implies that > the instance just needs to be offline, which can be anything as long as > the postmaster is stopped. That's how I understand the current > wording.
I see. The problem is clearly the documentation, then. -- Peter Geoghegan