Simon Riggs <si...@2ndquadrant.com> writes: > The backup history file is a slightly bit quirky way of doing things and > was designed when the transfer mechanism was file-based.
> Why don't we just write a new xlog record that contains the information > we need? Certainly not. The history file is, in the restore-from-archive case, needed to *find* the xlog data. However, it's not clear to me why SR should have any need for it. It's not doing restore from archive. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers