Mikael Krantz wrote:
> On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 2:22 PM, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> Let's document that timeline files should not be deleted from the
>> archive iff there exists a base backup made during a lower numbered
>> timeline.
>
> Or made during a higher numbered timeline which happens to start in a
> WAL-file containing records from a lower numbered timeline...
That was the original issue you ran into. That has now been fixed by
forcing an xlog switch at pg_start_backup(), so that you can't start a
backup in a WAL file that contains records from a lower numbered timeline.
-- Heikki Linnakangas EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com
