Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Allow external recovery_config_directory - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

On 27 March 2013 18:15, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:

> This patch breaks also pg_ctl promote because it always checks the existence of
> $PGDATA/recovery.conf.

You're right. It does. Good catch.

That also suggest a solution: create a status file called
$PGDATA/recovery_in_progress which would then allow pg_ctl and
everybody else to be able to see that the server is currently in
recovery.

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