Re: pg_receivewal starting position

On Mon, Aug 30, 2021 at 3:26 PM Ronan Dunklau <ronan.dunklau@aiven.io> wrote:
> > 7) How about we let pg_receivewal use READ_REPLICATION_SLOT as an option?
>
> From my point of view, I already expected it to use something like that when
> using a replication slot. Maybe an option to turn it off could be useful ?

IMO, pg_receivewal should have a way to turn off/on using
READ_REPLICATION_SLOT. Imagine if the postgres server doesn't support
READ_REPLICATION_SLOT (a lower version) but for some reasons the
pg_receivewal(running separately) is upgraded to the version that uses
READ_REPLICATION_SLOT, knowing that the server doesn't support
READ_REPLICATION_SLOT why should user let pg_receivewal run an
unnecessary code?

Regards,
Bharath Rupireddy.