On Thu, Jun 7, 2012 at 1:40 PM, Kevin Grittner <[email protected]> wrote: > Robert Haas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> But if you're just using regexp matching against pathnames, your >> tool will be just fine. Do your tools actually rely on the >> occasional absence of a file in what would otherwise be the usual >> sequence of files? > > To save "snapshot" backups for the long term, we generate a list of > the specific WAL files needed to reach a consistent recovery point > from a given base backup. We keep monthly snapshot backups for a > year. We currently determine the first and last file needed, and > then create a list of all the WAL files to save. We error out if > any are missing, so we do skip the FF file.
OK, I see. Still, I think there are a lot of people who don't do anything that complex, and won't be affected. But I agree we had better clearly release-note it as an incompatibility. -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list ([email protected]) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
