On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 03:58:55PM -0800, Andres Freund wrote: > I was thinking we'd just set it in the pg_basebackup style path, and we'd > error out if it's set and backup_label is present. But we'd still use > backup_label without the pg_control flag set. > > So it'd just provide a cross-check that backup_label was not removed for > pg_basebackup style backup, but wouldn't do anything for external backups. But > imo the proposal to just us pg_control doesn't actually do anything for > external backups either - which is why I think my proposal would achieve as > much, for a much lower price.
I don't see why not. It does not increase the number of steps when doing a backup, and backupStartPoint alone would not be able to offer this much protection. -- Michael
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