On Fri, Jan 31, 2014 at 8:40 AM, Fujii Masao <masao.fu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, I was thinking that, too. I'm not sure whether including log files > in backup really increases the security risk, though. There are already > very important data, i.e., database, in backups. Anyway, since > the amount of log files can be very large and they are not essential > for recovery, it's worth considering whether to exclude them. OTOH, > I'm sure that some users prefer current behavior for some reasons. > So I think that it's better to expose the pg_basebackup option > specifying whether log files are included in backups or not.
I don't really see how this can work reliably; pg_log isn't a hard-coded name, but rather a GUC that users can leave set to that value or set to any other value they choose. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
