Re: pg_standby -l might destory the archived file

Hi,

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
>> Yes, the old xlog itself is not used again. But, the *old file* might
>> be recycled and used later. The case that I'm looking at is that the
>> symlink to a temporary area is recycled. Am I missing something?
>
> Actually, I think the right fix for that would be to add defenses to
> xlog.c to not try to "recycle" a file that is a symlink.

OK, I tweaked Aidan's patch. Thanks Aidan!
http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/[email protected]

Changes are:
- use lstat instead of stat
- add #if HAVE_WORKING_LINK and #endif code

Regards,

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