On 3/4/17 2:20 AM, Michael Paquier wrote: > On Sat, Mar 4, 2017 at 1:13 AM, Bernd Helmle <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ah right, i assumed there must be something, otherwise the comment >> won't be there ;) >> >> We could special case that part to distinguish fetch/stream mode, but i >> fear that leads to more confusion than it wants to fix. The other >> option of a separate tar file looks awkward from a usability point of >> view. > > It is possible as well to group the WAL files in a different tarball > than the main directory and put that at the tail of the list for the > fetch mode, while the main directory gets at the head. That would > break things for existing users by the way, and just being able to > look at the LSN start location before receiving the tar bytes of the > backup does not seem enough to justify such a breakage.
This thread is stalled and it looks like the patch may not be workable, at least in the current form. I will mark this a "Returned with Feedback" on 2017-03-17 unless there are arguments to the contrary. Thanks, -- -David [email protected] -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
