Re: [patch] reorder tablespaces in basebackup tar stream for backup_label

Hi,

Am Freitag, den 17.03.2017, 10:50 +0900 schrieb Michael Paquier:
> The comment block format is incorrect. I would think as well that this
> comment should say it is important to have the main tablespace listed
> last it includes the WAL segments, and those need to contain all the
> latest WAL segments for a consistent backup.

How about the attached? The comment now reads as follows:

|Add a node for the base directory. If WAL is included, the base
|directory has to be last as the WAL files get appended to it. If WAL
|is not included, send the base directory first, so that the
|backup_label file is the first file to be sent.

> FWIW, I have no issue with changing the ordering of backups the way
> you are proposing here as long as the comment of this code path is
> clear.

OK, great, let's see what the committers think then.

Michael

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