From: | Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com> |
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To: | Jeff Bohmer <bohmer(at)visionlink(dot)org> |
Cc: | Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>, Pg Bugs <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: [BUGS] BUG #8043: 9.2.4 doesn't open WAL files from archive, only looks in pg_xlog |
Date: | 2013-05-07 14:00:15 |
Message-ID: | 518908EF.30600@vmware.com |
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On 08.04.2013 18:58, Jeff Bohmer wrote:
>
> On Apr 6, 2013, at 1:24 PM, Jeff Janes<jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
>
>> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
>> <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>wrote:
>>
>>> Perhaps we should improve the documentation to make it more explicit that
>>> backup_label must be included in the backup. The docs already say that,
>>> though, so I suspect that people making this mistake have not read the docs
>>> very carefully anyway.
>>
>> I don't think the docs are very clear on that. They say "This file will of
>> course be archived as a part of your backup dump file", but "will be" does
>> not imply "must be". Elsewhere it emphasizes that the label you gave to
>> pg_start_backup is written into the file, but doesn't really say what the
>> file itself is there for. To me it seems to imply that the file is there
>> for your convenience, to hold that label, and not as a critical part of the
>> system.
>>
>> Patch attached, which I hope can be back-patched. I'll also add it to
>> commitfest-Next.
>
> I think this documentation update would be helpful.
Committed that.
- Heikki
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