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Re: pg_stop_backup(wait_for_archive := true) on standby server

Paul A Jungwirth <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com>

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From: Paul A Jungwirth <pj@illuminatedcomputing.com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Cc: Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>, Masahiko Sawada <sawada.mshk@gmail.com>, Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2017-08-05T20:31:34Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 1:28 PM, Paul A Jungwirth
<pj@illuminatedcomputing.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 7:51 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
>> After refreshing my memory further, I take it back.  pg_stop_backup()
>> doesn't even have a second argument on v9.6, so back-porting this fix
>> to 9.6 is a meaningless thing; there's nothing to fix.
>
> According to the docs at
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.6/static/functions-admin.html there
> is a one-arg version in 9.6.

I'm sorry, I just realized you said a *second* argument. Apologies for
the distraction!

Paul

Commits

  1. Make pg_stop_backup's wait_for_archive flag work on standbys.

  2. Implement backup API functions for non-exclusive backups