On Wed, 2009-12-30 at 15:31 +0200, Heikki Linnakangas wrote: > Simon Riggs wrote: > > The code has always been capable of starting without this, which was > > considered a feature to be able start from a hot copy. > > Why is that desirable? The system is in an inconsistent state. To force > it, you can always use pg_resetxlog.
It's not desirable, for me, but its been there since 8.0 and I have no info on whether its used. If you have a workaround that allows us to continue to support it, I suggest you document it and then plug the gap as originally suggested by you. -- Simon Riggs www.2ndQuadrant.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers