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From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: odd buildfarm failure - "pg_ctl: control file appears to be corrupt"
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Msg-id 20221123090204.unfea5ighgcubrna@alvherre.pgsql
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In response to odd buildfarm failure - "pg_ctl: control file appears to be corrupt"  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
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On 2022-Nov-22, Andres Freund wrote:

> ok 10 - standby is in recovery
> # Running: pg_ctl -D
/mnt/resource/bf/build/grassquit/REL_11_STABLE/pgsql.build/src/bin/pg_ctl/tmp_check/t_003_promote_standby2_data/pgdata
promote
> waiting for server to promote....pg_ctl: control file appears to be corrupt
> not ok 11 - pg_ctl promote of standby runs
> 
> #   Failed test 'pg_ctl promote of standby runs'
> #   at /mnt/resource/bf/build/grassquit/REL_11_STABLE/pgsql.build/../pgsql/src/test/perl/TestLib.pm line 474.

This triggered me on this proposal I saw yesterday
https://postgr.es/m/02fe0063-bf77-90d0-3cf5-e9fe7c2a487b@postgrespro.ru
I think trying to store more stuff in pg_control is dangerous and we
should resist it.

-- 
Álvaro Herrera         PostgreSQL Developer  —  https://www.EnterpriseDB.com/

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