Fix some documentation in pg_rewind

A confusion which comes a lot from users is that it is necessary to
issue a checkpoint on a freshly-promoted standby so as its control file
has up-to-date timeline information which is used by pg_rewind to
validate the operation.  Let's document that properly.  This is
back-patched down to 9.5 where pg_rewind has been introduced.

Author: Michael Paquier
Reviewed-by: Magnus Hagander
Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CABUevEz5bpvbwVsYCaSMV80CBZ5-82nkMzbb+Bu=h1m=rLdn=g@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 9.5
REL_10_STABLE
Michael Paquier 7 years ago
parent e9d4cbeacb
commit 4b482e94a0
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      doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_rewind.sgml

@ -221,6 +221,15 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<refsect1>
<title>Notes</title>
<para>
When executing <application>pg_rewind</application> using an online
cluster as source which has been recently promoted, it is necessary
to execute a <command>CHECKPOINT</command> after promotion so as its
control file reflects up-to-date timeline information, which is used by
<application>pg_rewind</application> to check if the target cluster
can be rewound using the designated source cluster.
</para>
<refsect2>
<title>How it works</title>

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