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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Question about pg_control usage
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Msg-id 11071.1475855026@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Question about pg_control usage  (Anastasia Lubennikova <a.lubennikova@postgrespro.ru>)
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Anastasia Lubennikova <a.lubennikova@postgrespro.ru> writes:
> What is the purpose of having CheckPoint stored in control file then?

IIRC, we use some but not all of the fields.  It seemed prudent (and
simpler) to keep a copy of the whole thing.
        regards, tom lane

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