Re: Problem with PITR recovery

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > OK, I updated the two current TODO items:
> >     * Automatically force archiving of partially-filled WAL files when
> >       pg_stop_backup() is called or the server is stopped
> 
> > Is this OK?
> 
> Archive on stop is right out.  The common reason for a stop is that the
> system is being shut down, and we don't have time to archive a WAL file
> before init will kill -9 us.

Ah, good point.  Can we do it for 'smart' shutdown mode, which is the
default?  I see server stop scripts using 'fast' where we would not do
the WAL archive.

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