Re: skipping pg_log in basebackup (was Re: pg_basebackup and pg_stat_tmp directory)

On 2015-06-11 PM 02:20, Abhijit Menon-Sen wrote:
> At 2015-06-10 13:22:27 -0400, robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:
>>
>> (1) include pg_log in pg_basebackup as we do currently
>> (2) exclude it
>> (3) add a switch controlling whether or not it gets excluded
>>
>> I can live with (3), but I bet most people want (2).
>
> Thanks for spelling out the options.
>
> I strongly prefer (2), but I could live with (3) if it were done as a
> GUC setting. (And if that's what we decide to do, I'm willing to write
> up the patch.)
>
> Whether or not it's a good idea to let one's logfiles grow to >8GB, the
> fact that doing so breaks base backups means that being able to exclude
> pg_log *somehow* is more of a necessity than personal preference.
>
> On the other hand, I don't like the idea of doing (3) by adding command
> line arguments to pg_basebackup and adding a new option to the command.
> I don't think that level of "flexibility" is justified; it would also
> make it easier to end up with a broken base backup (by inadvertently
> excluding more than you meant to).
>

Maybe a combination of (2) and part of (3). In absence of any command line
argument, the behavior is (2), to exclude. Provide an option to *include* it
(-S/--serverlog).

Thanks,
Amit