Re: More issues with pg_verify_checksums and checksum verificationin base backups - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Stephen Frost
Subject Re: More issues with pg_verify_checksums and checksum verificationin base backups
Date
Msg-id 20190806145815.GU29202@tamriel.snowman.net
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In response to Re: More issues with pg_verify_checksums and checksum verificationin base backups  (Michael Banck <michael.banck@credativ.de>)
Responses Re: More issues with pg_verify_checksums and checksum verificationin base backups  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
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Greetings,

* Michael Banck (michael.banck@credativ.de) wrote:
> Independently of the whitelist/blacklist question, I believe
> pg_checksums should not error out as soon as it encounters a weird looking
> file, but either (i) still checksum it or (ii) skip it? Or is that to be
> considered a pilot error and it's fine for pg_checksums to fold?

imv, random files that we don't know about are exactly 'pilot error' to
be complained about..  This is exactly why the whitelist idea falls
over.

Thanks,

Stephen

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