On Tue, 2020-09-22 at 14:17 +0000, PG Doc comments form wrote:
> In "25.3.3.2. Making An Exclusive Low-Level Backup", you said that "The
> exclusive backup method is deprecated and should be avoided. Prior to
> PostgreSQL 9.6, this was the only low-level method available, but it is now
> recommended that all users upgrade their scripts to use non-exclusive
> backups". But in the example in "25.3.6.1. Standalone Hot Backups" you use
> the exclusive version of backup command. Is it a mistake or not?
Yes, that's true.
How about the attached patch?
Perhaps that is too complicated, but I have no idea how to make it simpler.
Ceterum censeo, we should not deprecate the exclusive backup API.
Yours,
Laurenz Albe