Re: Misleading/inaccurate error message from pg_basebackup

From: Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org>
To: c(at)osss(dot)net
Cc: pgsql-bugs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Misleading/inaccurate error message from pg_basebackup
Date: 2024-01-24 09:20:48
Message-ID: ZbDWcN4YzLDBf4O2@msg.df7cb.de
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> pg_basebackup can throw an error which is inaccurate and misleading:
>
> $ mkdir /var/lib/postgresql/14

Hi Casey,

what previous error/message lead you to create that directory? The
data directory should be existing before.

What does `pg_lsclusters` report?

Where is the actual data directory of that cluster?

Christoph

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