Re: base backup client as auxiliary backend process

Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sat, Jun 29, 2019 at 4:05 PM Peter Eisentraut
> <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
>> My idea is that the postmaster can launch a base backup worker, wait
>> till it's done, then proceed with the rest of the startup.  initdb gets
>> a special option to create a "minimal" data directory with only a few
>> files, directories, and the usual configuration files.

> Why do we even have to do that much?  Can we remove the need for an
> initdb altogether?

Gotta have config files in place already, no?

            regards, tom lane