Re: Two pg_rewind patches (auto generate recovery conf and ensureclean shutdown)

On 2019-Apr-19, Paul Guo wrote:

> The below patch runs single mode Postgres if needed to make sure the target
> is cleanly shutdown. A new option is added (off by default).
> v2-0001-Ensure-target-clean-shutdown-at-beginning-of-pg_r.patch

Why do we need an option for this?  Is there a reason not to do this
unconditionally?

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