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From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: pg_rewind fails if there is a read only file.
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In response to Re: pg_rewind fails if there is a read only file.  (Paul Guo <paulguo@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: pg_rewind fails if there is a read only file.
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On 5/20/21 6:17 AM, Paul Guo wrote:
>> Presumably the user has a reason for adding the file read-only to the
>> data directory, and we shouldn't lightly ignore that.
>>
>> Michael's advice is reasonable. This seems like a case of:
> I agree. Attached is a short patch to handle the case. The patch was
> tested in my dev environment.



You seem to have missed my point completely. The answer to this problem
IMNSHO is "Don't put a read-only file in the data directory".


cheers


andrew

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