Re: Use of backup_label not noted in log

I can accept that adding log messages to back branches is ok.
Perhaps I am too nervous about things like that, because as an extension
developer I have been bitten too often by ABI breaks in minor releases
in the past.

On Mon, 2023-11-20 at 17:30 +0900, Michael Paquier wrote:
> + if (ControlFile->backupStartPoint != InvalidXLogRecPtr)
> + ereport(LOG,
> + (errmsg("continuing to start from base backup with redo LSN %X/%X",
> + LSN_FORMAT_ARGS(ControlFile->backupStartPoint))));
>
> "Continuing to start" sounds a bit weird to me, though, considering
> that there are a few LOGs that say "starting" when there is a signal
> file, but I don't have a better idea on top of my mind. So that
> sounds OK here.

We can only reach that message in recovery or standby mode, right?
So why not write "continuing to recover from base backup"?

If we add a message for starting with "backup_label", shouldn't
we also add a corresponding message for starting from a checkpoint
found in the control file? If you see that in a problem report,
you immediately know what is going on.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe