On 11/24/2014 02:00 PM, Alex Shulgin wrote: > > Josh Berkus <j...@agliodbs.com> writes: >>> >>> only that you need to start in recovery mode to start replication >> >> Right, but my point is that having a trigger file *is not necessary for >> replication, only for PITR* -- and maybe not necessary even for PITR. >> That is, in a streaming replication configuration, having a >> "standby_mode = on|off" parameter is 100% sufficient to control >> replication with the small detail that "pg_ctl promote" needs to set it >> in pg.auto.conf or conf.d. >> >> And, now, having given it some thought, I'm going to argue that it's not >> required for PITR either, provided that we can use the auto.conf method. >> >> Before I go into my ideas, though, what does the current patch do >> regarding non-replication PITR? > > It removes that $PGDATA/standby.enable trigger file it relies on to > start the PITR in the first place.
OK, and that's required for replication too? I'm OK with that if it gets the patch in. -- Josh Berkus PostgreSQL Experts Inc. http://pgexperts.com -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
