Hi,
I believed that spread (not fast) checkpoints are the default in
pg_basebackup, but noticed that --help does not specify which is which -
contrary to the reference documentation.
So I propose the small attached patch to clarify that.
Michael
>From 2fc49eae5ccc82e144c3f683689757e014e331bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Banck <michael.ba...@credativ.de>
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2023 11:37:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] pg_basebackup: Mention that spread checkpoints are the
default in --help
---
src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
index 1a8cef345d..f2cf38a773 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_basebackup/pg_basebackup.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ usage(void)
printf(_(" -Z, --compress=none do not compress tar output\n"));
printf(_("\nGeneral options:\n"));
printf(_(" -c, --checkpoint=fast|spread\n"
- " set fast or spread checkpointing\n"));
+ " set fast or spread (default) checkpointing\n"));
printf(_(" -C, --create-slot create replication slot\n"));
printf(_(" -l, --label=LABEL set backup label\n"));
printf(_(" -n, --no-clean do not clean up after errors\n"));
--
2.39.2
