Re: Return pg_control from pg_backup_stop().

David Steele <david@pgbackrest.org>

From: David Steele <david@pgbackrest.org>

To: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>

Cc: Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnaka@iki.fi>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>

Date: 2026-06-30T05:15:19Z

Lists: pgsql-hackers

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pgcontrol-basebackup-flag-v11.patch (text/plain) patch v11

On 4/13/26 21:55, David Steele wrote:
> 
> I have withdrawn this patch. If anybody wants to pick it up in the 
> future I'll be happy to rebase it but I think two years is long enough 
> to maintain a patch that is not getting traction.
I would like to revive this but focus on the first patch for now and 
drop the second patch from consideration.

The patch now implements only the new flag for pgcontrol and wires this 
logic into basebackup. It has the additional benefit of guaranteeing 
that the base backup contains a non-torn version of pgcontrol.

I know everyone was really busy in March but now that things are a bit 
calmer I'd like to revisit.

Heikki, Robert, Andres, Fujii -- any objections or comments? I believe 
Michael is on board with the feature (this part, at least) but he very 
sensibly would like to have some consensus.

Thanks,
-David