On 28 March 2013 13:47, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com> wrote:
>> Therefore anybody using pg_basebackup and the config_file parameter
>> does *not* have an executable backup when used with the -R option, as
>> Heikki was suggesting was a requirement for this patch.
>
>
> That's not related to the -R option, the situation with config_file is the
> same with or without it.
Yes, it is related to -R. You said that with -R we are expecting to
have a fully executable backup, which won't happen because the config
files are missing.
That is the situation now and the fact the patch had the same issue is
not relevant. It's a pre-existing issue.
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