Re: pg_stop_backup(wait_for_archive := true) on standby server

From: Paul A Jungwirth <pj(at)illuminatedcomputing(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada(dot)mshk(at)gmail(dot)com>, Noah Misch <noah(at)leadboat(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_stop_backup(wait_for_archive := true) on standby server
Date: 2017-08-06 06:03:26
Message-ID: CA+renyUBMX0=_n3JH9FP18edfjvYAC8SZ_+eEopdPfFQe7d-FQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 6:22 PM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 4:28 PM, Paul A Jungwirth
> <pj(at)illuminatedcomputing(dot)com> wrote:
>> I don't have an opinion on the urgency of back-porting a fix, but if
>> pg_stop_backup(boolean) allows for inconsistent backups, it does sound
>> like a problem on 9.6 too.
>
> It doesn't. The talk about inconsistent backups is, I think, not a
> very precise way of speaking.

Thank you for the reassurance and the detailed explanation!

Paul

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