Simon Riggs wrote: > On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 09:47 +0000, Peter Childs wrote: >> How about this, emit a warning on shutdown and fail to shutdown until >> the backup has finished. > > That would be reasonable for -m smart shutdown. > > We would then be treating the backup as a connection. > > ...but not for a fast shutdown. > > Any comments against?
No, that would be ok with me. Anything that gets us out of the trap that you can shutdown a server without any warning and then cannot restart it without manual intervention. What about: refuse shutdown for "smart" if a backup is in progress, but shutdown with a loud warning for "fast". ... I still don't know what's wrong with removing backup_label upon a clean server shutdown ... Yours, Laurenz Albe ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend
