The following bug has been logged on the website:
Bug reference: 8450
Logged by: Stuart Bishop
Email address: stuart@stuartbishop.net
PostgreSQL version: 9.1.9
Operating system: all
Description:
Hi.
pg_basebackup blocks until all necessary WAL files have been archived by
archive_command. This can take a few minutes under normal circumstances, and
indefinitely if archive_command is failing.
I would like to be able to disable this check, as I am streaming backups to
a system that can time out my connection if it does not receive new data for
a short while. This makes unattended backups problematic.