On Wed, Dec 12, 2018 at 08:22:10AM -0500, David Steele wrote: > Add the fact that we have *zero* tests for exclusive backups. I only > had to refactor one exclusive backup in the tests and since it did not > archive, exclude pg_wal, postmaster.pid, or do anything else our docs > recommend I wouldn't say it qualifies as a real test. Also, it wasn't > even trying to test exclusive backups -- it was a test for logical > replication following timelines.
This point is really right. The TAP tests rely heavily on pg_basebackup when taking base backups, still there is an interface to be able to take filesystem-level backups with the exclusive SQL interface. The test David is referring to here is backup_fs_hot in PostgresNode.pm. -- Michael
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