Re: base backup client as auxiliary backend process

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: base backup client as auxiliary backend process
Date: 2019-07-11 20:10:43
Message-ID: 32146.1562875843@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 10:36 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> Gotta have config files in place already, no?

> Why?

How's the postmaster to know that it's supposed to run pg_basebackup
rather than start normally? Where will it get the connection information?
Seem to need configuration data *somewhere*.

regards, tom lane

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