Re: Replication, am I missing something

On 2015-05-01 09:24:17 -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Origin: select pg_start_backup('my_backup',TRUE);
> Subscriber: rsync -auvk db1:/var/lib/pgsql/data data
> Origin: select pg_stop_backup();
> Subscriber: remove backup_label
> Subscriber: start postgresql

You remove backup_label? Huh? That'll pretty directly lead to a
corrupted database? Why are you doing that?

> So if we aren't willing to backport the 9.4 fixes (which I do understand),
> what do we do about this? Do we need a PSA?

Which 9.4 fixes are you referring to?

Greetings,

Andres Freund