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Re: pg_stop_backup does not complete

David E. Wheeler <david@kineticode.com>

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From: "David E. Wheeler" <david@kineticode.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>, Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-02-24T23:50:11Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Feb 24, 2010, at 3:24 PM, Tom Lane wrote:

> If you like the concept, then the next question is exactly how to phrase
> the messages.  All we have at the moment is the inside-the-delay-loop
> warning:
> 
>    ereport(WARNING,
>            (errmsg("pg_stop_backup still waiting for archive to complete (%d seconds elapsed)",
>                    waits)));
> 
> which now that I look at it could use some wordsmithing itself.

“Bitch, can’t you see that I’m still waiting for the archive to complete? WTF were you thinking? Jesus!”

My $0.02.

Best,

David