2014-12-06 14:26 GMT+01:00 Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>:
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On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 07:09:14AM +0100, Guillaume Lelarge wrote:
> Le 6 nov. 2014 21:59, "Mitchell Bösecke" <mitchell.bosecke@xxxxxxxxxxx> a écrit
> :
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> > Hi,
> >
> > My understanding is that when postgresql is shutdown it triggers a checkpoint
> which triggers the archiving of completed tx logs. Will the "pg_ctl stop"
> command wait for archiving to complete or is the act of archiving completely
> asynchronous from the shutdown process?
> >
>
> Nope, it doesn't wait for archiving.
Uh, are you sure about that? I thought we did wait during shutdown
unless -W was used in pg_ctl stop.
Sorry for the very very late reply. I just checked, and you're definitely right. In fast mode, we wait for the WAL to be archived, unless -W was used.
Sorry about this, and thanks for fixing my mistake.
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