Re: odd buildfarm failure - "pg_ctl: control file appears to be corrupt"

On Wed, Mar 8, 2023 at 4:43 PM Anton A. Melnikov <aamelnikov@inbox.ru> wrote:
> On 04.03.2023 00:39, Thomas Munro wrote:
> > Could we make better use of the safe copy that we have in the log?
> > Then the pg_backup_start() subproblem would disappear.  Conceptually,
> > that'd be just like the way we use FPI for data pages copied during a
> > backup.  I'm not sure about any of that, though, it's just an idea,
> > not tested.
>
> Sorry, i didn't understand the question about log. Would you explain me
> please what kind of log did you mention and where can i look this
> safe copy creation in the code?

Sorry, I was confused; please ignore that part.  We don't have a copy
of the control file anywhere else.  (Perhaps we should, but that could
be a separate topic.)