pg_verifybackup: Enable WAL parsing for tar-format backups
Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
pg_verifybackup: Enable WAL parsing for tar-format backups Now that pg_waldump supports reading WAL from tar archives, remove the restriction that forced --no-parse-wal for tar-format backups. pg_verifybackup now automatically locates the WAL archive: it looks for a separate pg_wal.tar first, then falls back to the main base.tar. A new --wal-path option (replacing the old --wal-directory, which is kept as a silent alias) accepts either a directory or a tar archive path. The default WAL directory preparation is deferred until the backup format is known, since tar-format backups resolve the WAL path differently from plain-format ones. Author: Amul Sul <sulamul@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jakub Wartak <jakub.wartak@enterprisedb.com> Reviewed-by: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Euler Taveira <euler@eulerto.com> Reviewed-by: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAJ_b94bqdWN3h2J-PzzzQ2Npbwct5ZQHggn_QoYGhC2rn-=WQ@mail.gmail.com
Files
| Path | Change | +/− |
|---|---|---|
| doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_verifybackup.sgml | modified | +6 −8 |
| src/bin/pg_verifybackup/pg_verifybackup.c | modified | +64 −32 |
| src/bin/pg_verifybackup/t/002_algorithm.pl | modified | +0 −4 |
| src/bin/pg_verifybackup/t/003_corruption.pl | modified | +1 −3 |
| src/bin/pg_verifybackup/t/007_wal.pl | modified | +18 −2 |
| src/bin/pg_verifybackup/t/008_untar.pl | modified | +1 −4 |
| src/bin/pg_verifybackup/t/010_client_untar.pl | modified | +1 −4 |
Discussion
- pg_waldump: support decoding of WAL inside tarfile 126 messages · 2025-08-07 → 2026-04-15