Re: base backup client as auxiliary backend process

On 2020-01-10 04:32, Masahiko Sawada wrote:
> I agreed that these patches are useful on its own and 0001 patch and

committed 0001

> 0002 patch look good to me. For 0003 patch,
> 
> +      linkend="guc-primary-slot-name"/>.  Otherwise, the WAL receiver may use
> +      a temporary replication slot (determined by <xref
> +      linkend="guc-wal-receiver-create-temp-slot"/>), but these are not shown
> +      here.
> 
> I think it's better to show the temporary slot name on
> pg_stat_wal_receiver view. Otherwise user would have no idea about
> what wal receiver is using the temporary slot.

Makes sense.  It makes the code a bit more fiddly, but it seems worth 
it.  New patches attached.

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