Re: pg_basebackup from cascading standby after timeline switch

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: pg_basebackup from cascading standby after timeline switch
Date: 2012-12-17 16:19:15
Message-ID: 25957.1355761155@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas(at)vmware(dot)com> writes:
> I'm not happy with the fact that we just ignore the problem in a backup
> taken from a standby, silently giving the user a backup that won't start
> up. Why not include the timeline history file in the backup?

+1. I was not aware that we weren't doing that --- it seems pretty
foolish, especially since as you say they're tiny.

regards, tom lane

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