Re: recovery_connections cannot start (was Re: master in standby mode croaks) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>> Agreed on the general point, but AFAICS that proposal keeps the meaning
>> of archive_mode the same as it was.

> Well, clearly it doesn't.  Someone who thinks they can simply turn
> archive_mode=on and set archive_command is going to be sadly
> disappointed.

Well, there is another variable that they'll have to adjust as well,
but ISTM that archive_mode still does what it did before, ie, determine
whether we attempt to archive WAL segments.
        regards, tom lane