Re: pg_stat_replication log positions vs base backups

On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>
wrote:

> Are the values for the log locations really relevant for backup
> connections? And if they are, we need to document it :) ISTM we are just
> more or less leaking random data out there?
>
> I'm talking about the actual state=backup connection - not the connection
> if we're using -x with pg_basebackup. Where we have output like:
>
> state | backup
> sent_location | 0/0
> write_location | 2/76CE0000
> flush_location | 2/76CC0000
> replay_location | 2/76CBF938
>
> I'm thinking those fields should probably all be NULL for state=backup?
>
>
In particular, it seems that in InitWalSenderSlot, we only initialize the
sent location. Perhaps this is needed?

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