Am Dienstag, den 08.01.2019, 16:17 +0100 schrieb Fabien COELHO: > > > Adding a new state to ControlFileData which would prevent it from > > > starting? > > > > But then you have to make sure the control flag gets cleared in any > > case pg_verify_checksums crashes somehow or gets SIGKILL'ed ... > > The usual approach is a restart with some --force option? > > > Setting the checksum flag is done after having finished all blocks, > > so > > there is no problem. > > There is also a problem if the db is started while the checksum is > being > enabled.
What i mean is that interrupting pg_verify_checksums won't leave pg_control in a state where starting the cluster won't work without any further interaction. Bernd.
