Re: pg_basebackup, walreceiver and wal_sender_timeout

From: Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>
To: Alex Kliukin <alexk(at)hintbits(dot)com>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Nick B <nbedxp(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_basebackup, walreceiver and wal_sender_timeout
Date: 2019-01-29 05:19:09
Message-ID: 20190129051909.GG3121@paquier.xyz
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On Mon, Jan 28, 2019 at 02:00:59PM +0100, Alex Kliukin wrote:
> While reading the doc page for the pg_basebackup, I've been confused
> by the fact that it says WAL files will be written to .tarballs
> (either base.tar or pg_wal.tar) when pg_basebackup is instructed to
> stream WALs alongside the backup itself. I think it makes sense to
> elaborate that it only happens when tar format is specified (doc
> patch is attached).

Agreed. The current wording can be confusing depending on the format,
and your suggestion looks right. Any opinions from others?
--
Michael

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