Re: pg_wal/RECOVERYHISTORY file remains after archive recovery

On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 5:09 PM Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 27, 2019 at 01:51:25PM +0900, Masahiko Sawada wrote:
> > On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 6:23 PM Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> What about moving the logic that removes RECO VERYXLOG and
> >> RECOVERYHISTORY from exitArchiveRecovery() and performing it
> >> just before/after RemoveNonParentXlogFiles()? Which looks simple.
> >
> > Agreed. Attached the updated patch.
>
> Mea culpa here, I have just noticed the thread.  Fujii-san, would you
> prefer if I take care of it?  And also, what's the issue with not
> doing the removal of both files just after writeTimeLineHistory()?
> That's actually what happened before cbc55da5.

So you think that it's better to remove them just after writeTimeLineHistory()?
Per the following Sawada-san's comment, I was thinking that idea is basically
not good. And, RemoveNonParentXlogFiles() also removes garbage files from
pg_wal. It's simpler if similar codes exist near. Thought?

Regards,

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Fujii Masao