Re: Include WAL in base backup - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Fujii Masao
Subject Re: Include WAL in base backup
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Msg-id AANLkTinZx1av=-fNViuUr0k1G=9GZkMXAoKSoqJZujAg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: Include WAL in base backup  (Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Include WAL in base backup  (Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>)
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On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 10:28 PM, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:
>> (the discussed changse above have been applied and pushed to github)
>
> Thanks! I'll test and review that.

WAL file might get recycled or removed while walsender is reading it.
So the WAL file which pg_basebackup seemingly received successfully
might be actually invalid. Shouldn't we need to check that what we read
is valid as XLogRead does?

Regards,

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Fujii Masao
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE CORPORATION
NTT Open Source Software Center


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