Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Check compulsory parameters in recovery.conf in standby_mode, per

On Mon, 2010-04-05 at 15:58 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com> writes:
> > (errmsg("recovery command file \"%s\" specified neither primary_conninfo nor restore_command",
> > - RECOVERY_COMMAND_FILE)));
> > + RECOVERY_COMMAND_FILE),
> > + errdetail("The database server will regularly poll the pg_xlog subdirectory to check for files placed there.")));
>
> That's not a "detail", as it has nothing to do with details of the error
> condition. It might pass muster as a "hint", though I'm not entirely
> sure what the point is.

The server sits around doing nothing and the point of the message is to
explain why that is and give a hint as to what might change that
situation, if anything.

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