Re: pg_basebackups and slots

Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>

From: Michael Paquier <michael.paquier@gmail.com>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2016-12-16T06:40:08Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Fri, Dec 16, 2016 at 3:32 PM, Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> wrote:
> I don't really know how to write a good test for it. I mean, we could run it
> with the parameter, but how to we make it actually verify the slot? Make a
> really big database to make it guaranteed to be slow enough that we can
> notice it in a different session?

No, not that. I was meaning tests to trigger the error code paths with
the compatibility switches you are adding.
-- 
Michael