Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> Set the maximum number of times to retry the copy or link command
> maxretries option of pg_standby is documented as above, but actually
> indicates the maximum number of times to *try* the copy or link command.
> So, if "-r 0" is specified, pg_standby always fails.
> Attached is the patch which adjusted the code so that maxretries actually
> indicates the number of retry.
Looks correct to me; applied to HEAD and 8.3. Thanks!
regards, tom lane