Re: Errors on missing pg_subtrans/ files with 9.3

On 2013-12-10 11:12:03 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> On 12/10/2013 10:48 AM, Andres Freund wrote:
> > On 2013-12-10 10:44:30 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> >> On 12/10/2013 10:39 AM, Andres Freund wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> On 2013-12-10 10:38:32 -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> >>>> We've just run across a case of this exact issue on 9.2.4.  I thought it
> >>>> was supposed to be 9.3-only?
> >>>
> >>> Could you please describe "this exact issue"?
> >>
> >> Fatal errors due to missing pg_subtrans files on creating a new replica.
> > 
> >> If this is fixed in 9.2.6, great, but I didn't get that impression from
> >> the commits ...
> > 
> > I am pretty sure this thread isn't about the bug you're hitting. You get
> > errors during xid assignment, right? If so, upgrade do 9.2.6, that's
> > fixed (it's the bug in which wake the replication bug was introduced).
> 
> I thought that only affected 9.2.5?  This machine is 9.2.4, as was the
> prior master.

9.2.5 tried to fix the issue (errors because of missing pg_subtrans
files during xid assignments), but the fix had unintended consequences,
namely the HS init bug. 9.2.6 removed those unintended consequences.

Greetings,

Andres Freund

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