Re: Did we really want to force an initdb in beta2? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> On 03/06/10 19:16, Tom Lane wrote:
>> What exactly was the reason for this patch?  Could it be held over till
>> 9.1?

> Before the patch, when you shut down a standby server, you get this 
> message in the log on the next startup:

> LOG:  database system was interrupted while in recovery at log time 
> 2010-06-02 14:48:28 EEST
> HINT:  If this has occurred more than once some data might be corrupted 
> and you might need to choose an earlier recovery target.
> The problem is that that hint is pretty alarming.

Maybe we should just get rid of the hint.
        regards, tom lane