On 2012-12-04 19:35:48 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> I wrote:
> > So apparently this is something we broke since Nov 18. Don't know what
> > yet --- any thoughts?
>
> Further experimentation shows that reverting commit
> ffc3172e4e3caee0327a7e4126b5e7a3c8a1c8cf makes it work. So there's
> something wrong/incomplete about that fix.
ISTM that the code should check ControlFile->backupEndRequired, not just
check for an invalid backupEndPoint. I haven't looked into the specific
issue though.
> This is a bit urgent since we now have to consider whether to withdraw
> 9.2.2 and issue a hasty 9.2.3. Do we have a regression here since
> 9.2.1, and if so how bad is it?
Not sure.
Greetings,
Andres Freund
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