Robert Haas <robertmh...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 10:36 AM Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> Gotta have config files in place already, no?
> Why? How's the postmaster to know that it's supposed to run pg_basebackup rather than start normally? Where will it get the connection information? Seem to need configuration data *somewhere*. regards, tom lane