"Joshua D. Drake" <j...@commandprompt.com> writes: > On 05/16/2014 07:30 AM, Andres Freund wrote: >> On 2014-05-16 07:28:42 -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: >>> Can we get that fixed please? It seems rather bad behavior for pg_basebackup >>> to fatal out because of the permissions on a backup file of all things. >>> Instead, we should do WARNING and say skipped.
>> Doesn't sound like a good idea to me. We'd need to have a catalog of >> common unimportant fileendings and such. We surely *do* want to error >> out when we fail to copy an important file.they > pg_hba.conf~ is not an important file. Rather than blaming the messenger, you should be asking why there are files in $PGDATA that the server can't read. That's a recipe for trouble no matter what. Or in words of one syllable: this is a bug in your editor, not in Postgres. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers