Re: pg_start_backup and pg_stop_backup Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Make CheckRequiredParameterValues() depend upon correct - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Kevin Grittner wrote:
> Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com> wrote:
>  
>> Yeah, min_wal_segments or something would make sense.
>  
> Surely it would confuse people to see they have fewer than
> min_wal_segments WAL segments.

Umm, they wouldn't see that, that's the point of the setting. The
segments are not removed/recycled until there is min_wal_segments
segments in pg_xlog. Except in the beginning when you set or increase
the setting, when there isn't that many segments generated yet.

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