Re: Why does replication need the old history file?

On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 4:56 AM, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> wrote:
> Hackers,
>
> Sequence of events:
>
> 1. PITR backup of server on timeline 2.
>
> 2. Restored the backup to a new server, new-master.
>
> 3. Restored the backup to another new server, new-replica.
>
> 4. Started and promoted new-master (now on Timeline 3).
>
> 5. Started new-replica, connecting over streaming to new-master.
>
> 6. Get error message:
>
> 2015-06-11 12:24:14.503 PDT,,,7465,,5579e05e.1d29,1,,2015-06-11 12:24:14
> PDT,,0,LOG,00000,"fetching timeline history file for timeline 2 from
> primary server",,,,,,,,,""
> 2015-06-11 12:24:14.503 PDT,,,7465,,5579e05e.1d29,2,,2015-06-11 12:24:14
> PDT,,0,FATAL,XX000,"could not receive timeline history file from the
> primary server: ERROR:  could not open file
> ""pg_xlog/00000002.history"": No such file or directory
>
> Questions:
>
> A. Why does the replica need 00000002.history?  Shouldn't it only need
> 00000003.history?

From where is the base backup taken in case of the node started at 5?

> B. Did something change in this regard in 9.3.6, 9.3.7 or 9.3.8?  It was
> working in our previous setup, on 9.3.5, although that could have just
> been that the history file hadn't been removed from the backups yet.

At quick glance, I can see nothing in xlog.c between those releases.
-- 
Michael