On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 11:25:51AM +0900, Kyotaro Horiguchi wrote: > > Nevertheless I agree to it, still don't we need a minimum workable > setup as the first step? Something like below. > > === > The following is an example of the minimal archive_command. > > Example: cp %p /blah/%f > > However, it is far from perfect. The following is the discussion about > what is needed for archive_command to be more reliable. > > <the long list of the requirements> > ====
"far from perfect" is a strong understatement for "appears to work but will randomly and silently breaks everything without a simple way to detect it". We should document a minimum workable setup, but cp isn't an example of that, and I don't think that there will be a simple example unless we provide a dedicated utility. It could however be something along those lines: Example: archive_program %p /path/to/%d archive_program being a script ensuring that all those requirements are met: <the long list of the requirements>
