Re: Fast or immediate shutdown

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
> running with log_checkpoints = on
>
> pg_ctl -D foo -m fast stop
>
> log says
>
> LOG:  received fast shutdown request
> LOG:  aborting any active transactions
> LOG:  shutting down
> LOG:  restartpoint starting: shutdown immediate
>
> Some of us know that the "immediate" word refers to the restartpoint
> request, though that word causes conceptual conflict with the shutdown
> mode, which was fast, not immediate.
>
> Think we need to change the wording of this
>
> LOG:  restartpoint starting: shutdown immediate
>
> so it is clearer what we mean

We could insert the words "with flags" just before the colon, I suppose.

...Robert