Re: Rename backup_label to recovery_control

From: Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: david(at)pgmasters(dot)net
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Rename backup_label to recovery_control
Date: 2023-10-16 04:26:24
Message-ID: 20231016.132624.2147054335444245947.horikyota.ntt@gmail.com
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At Mon, 16 Oct 2023 13:16:42 +0900 (JST), Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota(dot)ntt(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote in
> Just an idea in a slightly different direction, but I'm wondering if
> we can simply merge the content of backup_label into control file.
> The file is 8192 bytes long, yet only 256 bytes are used. As a result,
> we anticipate no overhead. Sucha configuration would forcibly prevent
> uses from from removing the backup information.

In second thought, that would break the case of file-system level
backups, which require backup information separately from control
data.

Sorry for the noise.

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Kyotaro Horiguchi
NTT Open Source Software Center

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