Re: Incremental backup from a streaming replication standby fails

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>

From: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
To: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
Cc: David Steele <david@pgmasters.net>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2024-07-25T20:12:01Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Thu, Jul 25, 2024 at 8:51 AM Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> wrote:
> The attached patch uses your wording for the first sentence.
>
> I left out the last sentence from your suggestion, because it sounded
> like it is likely to confuse the reader.  I think you just wanted to
> say that there are other possible causes for an incremental backup to
> fail.  I want to keep the text as simple as possible and focus on the case
> that I hit, because I expect that a lot of people who experiment with
> incremental backup or run tests could run into the same problem.
>
> I don't think it will be a frequent occurrence during normal operation.

Committed this version to master and v17.

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Robert Haas
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Commits

  1. Document restrictions regarding incremental backups and standbys.