On Tuesday, May 21, 2024, David G. Johnston <david.g.johns...@gmail.com>
wrote:
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> On Tue, May 21, 2024, 17:29 Dmitry O Litvintsev <litvi...@fnal.gov> wrote:
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>> This is not just amusing, it is breaking my backup script after update
>> from 11 to 15 (and change from pg_{start,stop}_backup to
>> pg_backup_{start_stop})
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> Yep, nowadays you must keep the transaction where you issued backup start
> open until you issue backup end. Using -c isn't going to cut it.
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Right, it’s only the connection, not a transaction.
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/continuous-archiving.html#BACKUP-LOWLEVEL-BASE-BACKUP
And this is why the name changed, because the behavior is so different.
David J.
