On Mon, May 4, 2026 at 3:00 PM Peter Eisentraut <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 20.03.26 20:32, Andrew Dunstan wrote: > > pg_verifybackup: Enable WAL parsing for tar-format backups > > > > Now that pg_waldump supports reading WAL from tar archives, remove the > > restriction that forced --no-parse-wal for tar-format backups. > > > > pg_verifybackup now automatically locates the WAL archive: it looks for > > a separate pg_wal.tar first, then falls back to the main base.tar. A > > new --wal-path option (replacing the old --wal-directory, which is kept > > as a silent alias) accepts either a directory or a tar archive path. > > In the past, we have opted against silent aliases when changing a > command-line option. All options should be documented, even if they are > deprecated. Otherwise, it's confusing for users moving between major > versions or those who find that undocumented options happen to work. > See commit 35ce24c333c for an example how this was done in the past. > > I suggest the option --wal-directory should be added back to the > documentation and help output.
Agreed. Attached is a quick fix. Regards, Amul
0001-Document-deprecated-wal-directory-option-for-pg_veri.patch
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