Re: [HACKERS] pg_resetxlog -r flag

[ FYI, my previous email mentioned -f, while the feature is -r.]

Bruce Momjian wrote:
> A month ago, pg_resetxlog got an -r flag:
>
> -r restore the pg_control file from old XLog files,
> resets is not done.
>
> However, the patch had identifiable problems that are still not fixed:
>
> http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-05/msg00013.php
>
> Unless these problems are fixed in the next few days, the patch will be
> reverted.

No one has fixed the patch, so I am removing it. There is a memory leak
in the code, a missing lock, and it needs to be better designed. If
anyone wants to update the patch and resubmit it, please go ahead. The
problem are listed in this thread:

http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2006-05/msg00002.php

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