Re: Confusing error message with too-large file in pg_basebackup

From: John R Pierce <pierce(at)hogranch(dot)com>
To: pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Confusing error message with too-large file in pg_basebackup
Date: 2015-11-20 21:56:11
Message-ID: 564F96FB.7090305@hogranch.com
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On 11/20/2015 12:20 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
> Actually ... why don't we get rid of the limit? wikipedia's entry on
> tar format says

We still shouldn't be dumping core files as part of a pg_basebackup...
but then, why was the core file even IN the $PGDATA directory, shouldn't
it have been in some other dir, like the postgres daemon user's $HOME ?

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john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz

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