David Rowley <dgrowle...@gmail.com> writes: > On Thu, 24 Jul 2025 at 12:27, Tom Lane <t...@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote: >> Hmmm ... but you did check that in fact we can remove such known-dead >> code and not get a warning now?
> Yes. The patch has a small temporary adjustment to > BaseBackupGetTargetHandle() to comment out the return. It compiles for > me using Visual Studio 2022 without any warnings. If I remove the > macro change, I get: > [598/2255] Compiling C object > src/backend/postgres_lib.a.p/backup_basebackup_target.c.obj > src\backend\backup\basebackup_target.c(150) : warning C4715: > 'BaseBackupGetTargetHandle': not all control paths return a value OK. I'd vote for going ahead and seeing what the buildfarm says. regards, tom lane