Re: pg_upgrade and wraparound

From: Jan Wieck <jan(at)wi3ck(dot)info>
To: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Andres Freund <andres(at)anarazel(dot)de>, Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>, Alexander Shutyaev <shutyaev(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_upgrade and wraparound
Date: 2021-03-13 13:43:54
Message-ID: e15fe338-c389-0571-7616-233170f2a30a@wi3ck.info
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On 3/12/21 8:30 PM, Michael Paquier wrote:
> Hi Jan,
>
> On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 06:13:33PM -0500, Jan Wieck wrote:
>> One of the things in my way is that when using pg_resetwal to put the
>> NextXID way into the future (to push the old cluster close to wraparound for
>> example), the postmaster won't start because it doesn't have the pg_xact
>> files for that around. Should pg_resetwal create the files in the gap
>> between the old NextXID and the new one?
>
> I think that you should add this patch to the next commit fest to
> track it properly:
> https://commitfest.postgresql.org/33/
> --
> Michael
>

Actually this is the wrong patch (this one is for PG-12, not for HEAD).
Will update later today.

But yes, putting it into the next commitfest after initial discussion is
the plan.

Regards, Jan

--
Jan Wieck
Principle Database Engineer
Amazon Web Services

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