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Re: pg_basebackup --xlog compatibility break

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>

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From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Cc: Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2012-06-11T21:28:06Z
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On sön, 2012-06-10 at 13:43 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 2:14 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:
> > On tis, 2012-05-29 at 22:31 +0200, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> >> Yeah, good arguments all around, i agree too :-) Next question is -
> >> suggestions for naming of said paramter?
> >
> > --xlog-method=something?  And/or -Xsomething, which would automatically
> > enable -x?
> 
> How's this?

I wouldn't make -x and -X exclusive.  The way I understood this is, -x
means include xlog, and -X says how to.

I guess either way of looking at it has its merits.