On 10/17/23 14:28, Robert Haas wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 5:21 PM David G. Johnston
> <david.g.johnston@gmail.com> wrote:
>> But no, by default, and probably so far as pg_basebackup is concerned, a server crash during backup results in
requiringoutside intervention in order to get the server to restart.
>
> Others may differ, but I think such a proposal is dead on arrival. As
> Laurenz says, that's just reinventing one of the main problems with
> exclusive backup mode.
I concur -- this proposal resurrects the issues we had with exclusive
backups without solving the issues being debated elsewhere, e.g. torn
reads of pg_control or users removing backup_label when they should not.
Regards,
-David