Re: pgsql: Allow extensions to add new backup targets.

On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 7:33 PM Robert Haas <rhaas(at)postgresql(dot)org> wrote:
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> Allow extensions to add new backup targets.
>
> Commit 3500ccc39b0dadd1068a03938e4b8ff562587ccc allowed for base backup
> targets, meaning that we could do something with the backup other than
> send it to the client, but all of those targets had to be baked in to
> the core code. This commit makes it possible for extensions to define
> additional backup targets.
>
> Patch by me, reviewed by Abhijit Menon-Sen.
>
> Discussion: http://postgr.es/m/CA+TgmoaqvdT-u3nt+_kkZ7bgDAyqDB0i-+XOMmr5JN2Rd37hxw@mail.gmail.com
>
> Branch
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> master
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> Details
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> https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/e4ba69f3f4a1b997aa493cc02e563a91c0f35b87
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> Modified Files
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> src/backend/replication/Makefile | 1 +
> src/backend/replication/Makefile.orig | 49 ++++++
> src/backend/replication/basebackup.c | 82 ++++------
> src/backend/replication/basebackup_target.c | 238 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> src/include/replication/basebackup_target.h | 66 ++++++++
> 5 files changed, 381 insertions(+), 55 deletions(-)

This one has a tiny copy/paste error where the idenfiication comment
for basebackup_target.c claims it's basebackup_gzip.c. I've pushed a
fix.

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