On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 10:12 AM, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > Since an optional second argument wait_for_archive of pg_stop_backup > has been introduced in PostgreSQL 10 we can choose whether wait for > archiving. But my colleagues found that we can do pg_stop_backup with > wait_for_archive = true on the standby server but it actually doesn't > wait for WAL archiving. Because this behavior is not documented and we > cannot find out it without reading source code it will confuse the > user. > > I think we can raise an error when pg_stop_backup with > wait_for_archive = true is executed on the standby. Attached patch > change it so that. > Wouldn't it be better to make it *work*? If you have archive_mode=always, it makes sense to want to wait on the standby as well, does it not? -- Magnus Hagander Me: https://www.hagander.net/ <http://www.hagander.net/> Work: https://www.redpill-linpro.com/ <http://www.redpill-linpro.com/>
