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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_basebackup from cascading standby after timeline switch
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Msg-id 25957.1355761155@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to pg_basebackup from cascading standby after timeline switch  (Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com>)
Responses Re: pg_basebackup from cascading standby after timeline switch  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com> writes:
> I'm not happy with the fact that we just ignore the problem in a backup 
> taken from a standby, silently giving the user a backup that won't start 
> up. Why not include the timeline history file in the backup?

+1.  I was not aware that we weren't doing that --- it seems pretty
foolish, especially since as you say they're tiny.
        regards, tom lane

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