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Re: Allow wal_keep_segments to keep all segments

Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>

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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>, Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2010-06-03T00:28:32Z
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Robert Haas wrote:
> > The attached patch allows wal_keep_segments = -1 to keep all segements;
> > this is particularly useful for taking a base backup, where you need all
> > the WAL files during startup of the standby. ?I have documented this
> > usage in the patch as well.
> >
> > I am thinking of applying this after 9.0 beta2 if there is no objection.
> 
> +1 for the patch, but why wait until after beta2?

I wanted to give people enough time to review/discuss it.

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