On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Joshua D. Drake <j...@commandprompt.com> wrote: > On Tue, 2010-02-23 at 14:49 -0500, Robert Haas wrote: > >> > If I issue a shutdown, PostgreSQL should do whatever it needs to do to >> > shutdown; including issuing a pg_stop_backup. >> >> Maybe. But for sure, if it doesn't, and instead tells the user to >> issue pg_stop_backup(), then pg_stop_backup() had better WORK when the >> user tries to execute it. > > Right. > >> I gather that the problem is that it has to >> finish all that outstanding archiving before shutting down, in which >> case Kevin's suggestion of having a command to abort the backup seems >> reasonable. I might call it pg_abort_backup() rather than >> pg_fail_backup(), but... >> > > But...?
But it seems like a good idea other than that. ...Robert -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers