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From Simon Riggs
Subject Re: Cascading replication: should we detect/prevent cycles?
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In response to Cascading replication: should we detect/prevent cycles?  (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>)
Responses Re: Cascading replication: should we detect/prevent cycles?  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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On 19 December 2012 03:03, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:

> So, my question is:
>
> 1. should we detect for replication cycles?  *Can* we?
> 2. should we warn the user, or refuse to start up?

Why not just monitor the config you just created? Anybody that
actually tests their config would spot this.

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