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Re: Base Backup Streaming

Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndquadrant.fr>

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From: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndQuadrant.fr>
To: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Cc: Dimitri Fontaine <dimitri@2ndquadrant.fr>, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>, Josh Berkus <josh@postgresql.org>, Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan@kaltenbrunner.cc>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, greg@2ndquadrant.com, Hannu Krosing <hannu@2ndquadrant.com>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
Date: 2011-01-02T21:24:27Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net> writes:
> Yes, especially since we discussed it in Stuttgart. I guess it may
> have been during the party...

I remember we talked about it, I didn't remember a patch had reached the list…

> Yes, if it should go in any of the current binaries, initdb would be
> the reasonable place, not pg_ctl ;)

Well, pg_ctl is able to call initdb for users, but yes.

> That said, if we're going to wrap pg_streamrecv into 9.1 (which I
> think we should), then *that* is where it should go.

They should at least cooperate so that you don't need to setup WAL
archiving explicitly while preparing the standby, if at least possible.

Regards,
-- 
Dimitri Fontaine
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