| From: | Christoph Berg <cb(at)df7cb(dot)de> |
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| To: | Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>, bohmer(at)visionlink(dot)org, Pg Bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: [HACKERS] Re: BUG #8043: 9.2.4 doesn't open WAL files from archive, only looks in pg_xlog |
| Date: | 2013-04-09 11:59:25 |
| Message-ID: | 20130409115925.GC26705@msgid.df7cb.de |
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Re: Jeff Janes 2013-04-06 <CAMkU=1zvioQvMgbWssHv3DnXMNeEJmqtq_5hJqLGx8i4eGAQJg(at)mail(dot)gmail(dot)com>
> I don't think the docs are very clear on that. They say "This file will of
> course be archived as a part of your backup dump file", but "will be" does
> not imply "must be". Elsewhere it emphasizes that the label you gave to
> pg_start_backup is written into the file, but doesn't really say what the
> file itself is there for. To me it seems to imply that the file is there
> for your convenience, to hold that label, and not as a critical part of the
> system.
This was also my impression, tbh :-/. And the problem just popped up
again independently on #postgresql.
> Patch attached, which I hope can be back-patched. I'll also add it to
> commitfest-Next.
+1. It makes the documentation clearer on this.
Christoph
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