Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> I have fixed the code to properly remove *.backup files from the
> /pg_xlog directory once they are archived.
I do not actually think that this is a good idea. The .backup files are
not large and they are pretty critical info --- so having multiple
copies of them seems like a good idea. We don't auto-remove timeline
history files either, for the same reason.
regards, tom lane
