Re: BUG #14109: pg_rewind fails to update target control file in one scenario

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> Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #14109: pg_rewind fails to update target control file in one scenario
> To: johnlumby(at)hotmail(dot)com; michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com
> CC: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
> From: julien(dot)rouhaud(at)dalibo(dot)com
> Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 16:53:19 +0200
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> On 25/04/2016 16:36, John Lumby wrote:
>>> From: michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com
>>> To: johnlumby(at)hotmail(dot)com
>>> CC: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
>>>
>>> On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 10:48 PM, John Lumby <johnlumby(at)hotmail(dot)com> wrote:
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>>>> Note the difference in timeline
> Did you set the recovery_target_timeline parameter to "latest" in the
> recovery.conf file? (see
> http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/recovery-target-settings.html)

Thanks Julien,  no  I did not,     I will re-test with that later,  on 9.5.2
Meanwhile one question on that.   The documentation states
   "Setting this to latest recovers
to the latest timeline found in the archive, which ..."
However I am running my systems with
archive_mode = off   
I am wondering whether
recovery_target_timeline parameter = "latest"
is expected to work reliably  to fix my particular problem when archiving is not in effect.

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