Re: Race condition in recovery?

Hi Horiguchi-san,

In a project I helped with, I encountered an issue where
the archive command kept failing. I thought this issue was
related to the problem in this thread, so I'm sharing it here.
If I should create a new thread, please let me know.

* Problem
- The archive_command is failed always.

* Conditions under which the problem occurs (parameters)
- archive_mode=always
- Using the test command in archive_command

* Probable cause
- I guess that is because the .history file already exists,
and the test command fails.
(but if we use archive_mode=on, archive_command is successful).

* How to reproduce
- Attached is a script to reproduce the problem.
　　Note: the script will remove $PGDATA when it started

The test command is listed as an example of the use of archive_command
in postgresql.conf, and the project faced this problem because it used
the example as is. If this behavior is a specification, it would be
better not to write the test command as a usage example.
Or maybe there should be a note that the test command should not be used
when archive_mode=always. Maybe, I'm missing something, sorry.

Regards,
Tatsuro Yamada