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doc: clarify usage of -F/--force with "standby promote"

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Per GitHub #632.
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Ian Barwick
2020-04-20 12:11:49 +09:00
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</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><option>-F</option></term>
<term><option>--force</option></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Ignore warnings and continue anyway.
</para>
<para>
This option is relevant in the following situations if <option>--siblings-follow</option> was specified:
<itemizedlist spacing="compact" mark="bullet">
<listitem>
<simpara>
If one or more sibling nodes was not reachable via SSH, the standby will be promoted anyway.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
If the promotion candidate has insufficient free walsenders to accomodate the standbys which will
be attached to it, the standby will be promoted anyway.
</simpara>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<simpara>
If replication slots are in use but the promotion candidate has insufficient free replication slots
to accomodate the standbys which will be attached to it, the standby will be promoted anyway.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
Note that if the <option>-F</option>/<option>--force</option> option is used when any of the above
situations is encountered, the onus is on the user to manually resolve any resulting issues.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>