Re: pg_basebackup failing

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Sameer Kumar <sameer(dot)kumar(at)ashnik(dot)com>
Cc: Alan Nilsson <anilsson(at)apple(dot)com>, PostgreSQL mailing lists <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_basebackup failing
Date: 2014-01-15 14:30:34
Message-ID: CAB7nPqQRNLYfymgyCF=4UwADRcf8rEX-m=Kq7FSfVTHePajFvg@mail.gmail.com
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On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 8:05 PM, Sameer Kumar <sameer(dot)kumar(at)ashnik(dot)com>wrote:

> The error you are seeing is triggered because this relation file
>> exceeds MAX_TAR_MEMBER_FILELEN or 8GB for a single tar member, which
>> is as well the norm for tar.
>
>
> I thought PostgreSQL would break the file if it grows beyond 1GB (1GB is
> segment size which one can modify while compiling). Am I missing something
> or have I got it totally wrong?
>
No, you are missing nothing. Thanks for reminding :) (This is settable with
./configure --with-segsize)
So the build has been done with some uncommon option.
Regards,
--
Michael

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