Re: Re: [BUGS] BUG #4796: Recovery followed by backup creates unrecoverable WAL-file

Simon Riggs wrote:
> On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 12:56 +0100, Simon Riggs wrote:
> 
>> There is no particular reason to send history files to the archive,
>> since new ones are only ever generated at the end of an archive
>> recovery.
> 
> It also clears up a long standing confusion between backup history files
> and timeline history files. The backup history file(s) do need to go to
> the archive, whereas the timeline file(s) do not.

(blush). Umm, and what is the distinction again? I thought they're the 
same thing..

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