On Wed, 22 Apr 2020 16:32:23 +0900
Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 10:19:35AM +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> > You are right here. The restriction can be removed, and I have
> > checked that the test from v8 is able to pass on my Windows dev VM.
>
> Attached are versions for each branch down to 9.5. While working on
> the backpatch, I have not found major conflicts except one thing:
> up to 10, Postgres does WAL segment recycling after two completed
> checkpoints, and the 8th test of the script relies on the behavior of
> 11~ of one completed checkpoint (first .ready file present in the cold
> backup but removed removed from $standby1). I have taken the simplest
> approach to fix the test by checking that the .ready file actually
> exists, while the rest of the test remains the same.
This test seems useless to me. It should either be removed or patched to test
the signal has been removed after a second restartpoint.
Please, find in attachment a patch for 9.6 implementing this. If it seems
reasonable to you, I can create the backpatch to 9.5.
> It is worth noting that for 9.5 and 9.6 the test had compatibility
> issues with the renaming of pg_xlog to pg_wal, including paths and
> functions. The calls to poll_query_until() also needed tweaks, but
> I got the tests to work.
Thanks for the backpatching work!
Regards,