pg_basebackup failing - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Alan Nilsson
Subject pg_basebackup failing
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Msg-id EE1B2533-20CD-415A-8B89-C84E1E0EE6DE@apple.com
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Responses Re: pg_basebackup failing  (Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>)
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Could someone give me some insight to the following error message:

[mqsql06:/Volumes/SQL_Set] _postgres% pg_basebackup --user=replicate --host=mqsql03 -xP -Fp --pgdata=pgsql
19439890/65873894 kB (29%), 1/1 tablespace
pg_basebackup: could not get transaction log end position from server: ERROR:  archive member "base/17040/25491" too large for tar format

I find the error message confusing since I have the format explicitly set to plain.  Is there a solution/workaround?  Can I break up the referenced file somehow?  

I'ld rather use pg_basebackup over the backup mode->rsync->out of backup mode dance.

thanks
alan


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