Re: Postgres restart in the middle of exclusive backup and the presence of backup_label file

From: "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn(at)amazon(dot)com>
To: David Steele <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Michael Paquier <michael(at)paquier(dot)xyz>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, SATYANARAYANA NARLAPURAM <satyanarlapuram(at)gmail(dot)com>
Subject: Re: Postgres restart in the middle of exclusive backup and the presence of backup_label file
Date: 2021-12-01 18:33:29
Message-ID: AC0ADAC3-E196-42A0-9471-A22F966E1A5F@amazon.com
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On 12/1/21, 8:27 AM, "David Steele" <david(at)pgmasters(dot)net> wrote:
> On 11/30/21 18:31, Bossart, Nathan wrote:
>> Do you think it's still worth trying to make it safe, or do you think
>> we should just remove exclusive mode completely?
>
> My preference would be to remove it completely, but I haven't gotten a
> lot of traction so far.

In this thread, I count 6 people who seem alright with removing it,
and 2 who might be opposed, although I don't think anyone has
explicitly stated they are against it.

Nathan

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