Re: Postgres restart in the middle of exclusive backup and the presence of backup_label file - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bossart, Nathan
Subject Re: Postgres restart in the middle of exclusive backup and the presence of backup_label file
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Msg-id E87F96A8-9DBD-4E8D-8EE9-A03B4F126119@amazon.com
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In response to Re: Postgres restart in the middle of exclusive backup and the presence of backup_label file  ("Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn@amazon.com>)
Responses Re: Postgres restart in the middle of exclusive backup and the presence of backup_label file  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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On 12/1/21, 10:37 AM, "Bossart, Nathan" <bossartn@amazon.com> wrote:
> On 12/1/21, 8:27 AM, "David Steele" <david@pgmasters.net> wrote:
>> On 11/30/21 18:31, Bossart, Nathan wrote:
>>> Do you think it's still worth trying to make it safe, or do you think
>>> we should just remove exclusive mode completely?
>>
>> My preference would be to remove it completely, but I haven't gotten a
>> lot of traction so far.
>
> In this thread, I count 6 people who seem alright with removing it,
> and 2 who might be opposed, although I don't think anyone has
> explicitly stated they are against it.

I hastily rebased the patch from 2018 and got it building and passing
the tests.  I'm sure it will need additional changes, but I'll wait
for more feedback before I expend too much more effort on this.

Nathan


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