Re: remove more archiving overhead

On Mon, Aug 01, 2022 at 10:02:19PM -0700, Nathan Bossart wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 30, 2022 at 11:51:56PM -0700, Noah Misch wrote:
> > Inviting the administrator to resolve things is more dangerous than just
> > returning true. I recommend making this text more opinionated and simpler:
> > libraries must return true. Alternately, if some library has found a good
> > reason to return false, this paragraph could give the reason. I don't know of
> > such a reason, though.
>
> Your suggestion seems reasonable to me. I've attached a small patch.

> --- a/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
> +++ b/doc/src/sgml/backup.sgml
> @@ -691,11 +691,9 @@ test ! -f /mnt/server/archivedir/00000001000000A900000065 && cp pg_wal/0
> system crashes before the server makes a durable record of archival success,
> the server will attempt to archive the file again after restarting (provided
> archiving is still enabled). When an archive library encounters a
> - pre-existing file, it may return <literal>true</literal> if the WAL file has
> + pre-existing file, it should return <literal>true</literal> if the WAL file has
> identical contents to the pre-existing archive and the pre-existing archive
> - is fully persisted to storage. Alternatively, the archive library may
> - return <literal>false</literal> anytime a pre-existing file is encountered,
> - but this will require manual action by an administrator to resolve. If a
> + is fully persisted to storage. If a
> pre-existing file contains different contents than the WAL file being
> archived, the archive library <emphasis>must</emphasis> return
> <literal>false</literal>.

Works for me. Thanks.