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Re: pg_stop_backup does not complete

Bernd Helmle <mailings@oopsware.de>

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From: Bernd Helmle <mailings@oopsware.de>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndQuadrant.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-02-26T09:41:26Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 

--On 24. Februar 2010 16:01:02 -0500 Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:

> One objection to this is that it's not very clear to the user when
> pg_stop_backup has finished with actual work and is just waiting for the
> archiver, ie when is it safe to hit control-C?  Maybe we should emit a
> "backup done, waiting for archiver to complete" notice before entering
> the sleep loop.

+1 for this. This hint would certainly help to recognize the issue 
immediately (or at least point to a possible cause).

-- 
Thanks

	Bernd