Re: [HACKERS] Re: BUG #4796: Recovery followed by backup creates unrecoverable WAL-file

From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki(dot)linnakangas(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndQuadrant(dot)com>
Cc: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>, Mikael Krantz <mk(at)zigamorph(dot)se>, pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Re: BUG #4796: Recovery followed by backup creates unrecoverable WAL-file
Date: 2009-05-15 14:39:28
Message-ID: 4A0D7EA0.4070806@enterprisedb.com
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Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 17:19 +0300, Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
>
>> Yes, just as deleting old WAL files.
>
> So what you're saying is because it's possible to blow your left foot
> off, we're not concerned about blowing your right foot off either.

I don't get it. What are the left and right foot in that metaphor
referring to?

> We've asked for some additional docs. What would be the objection to
> that?

I'm certainly not opposed to improving docs. And I agree with Andrew's
sentiment that easier-to-use tools to manage PITR archives would be very
helpful.

--
Heikki Linnakangas
EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com

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