Re: Add shutdown_at_recovery_target option to recovery.conf

On 25 November 2014 at 14:06, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 5:35 AM, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>> On 19 November 2014 16:41, Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 10:49 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2014 at 8:13 AM, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> wrote:
>>>>> If we ask for PAUSE and we're not in HotStandby it just ignores it,
>>>>> which means it changes into PROMOTE. My feeling is that we should
>>>>> change that into a SHUTDOWN, not a PROMOTE.
>>>>
>>>> To me, that seems like a definite improvement.
>>>
>>> But changing the default will force us to set
>>> action_at_recovery_target to 'promote'
>>> when we want to just recover the database to the specified point.
>>
>> If you explicitly request pause and then can't pause, ISTM the action
>> we actually perform shouldn't be the exact opposite of what was
>> requested.
>>
>> So if the user explicitly requests pause and we aren't in HS then they
>> should get Shutdown, which is closest action.
>>
>> If the user doesn't request anything at all then we can default to
>> Promote, just like we do now.
>
> Yes, this is what I was trying to suggest. +1 to do that.

Implemented.

Patch committed.

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