Hi, On 2020-04-10 16:13:18 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Andres Freund <and...@anarazel.de> writes: > > FWIW, I still think it's a mistake to accumulate all these bespoke > > tools. We should go towards having one tool that can verify checksums, > > validate backup manifests etc. Partially because it's more discoverable, > > but also because it allows to verify multiple such properties in a > > single pass, rather than reading the huge base backup twice. > > Well, we're not getting there for v13. Are you proposing that this > patch just be reverted because it doesn't do everything at once?
No. I suggest choosing a name that's compatible with moving more capabilities under the same umbrella at a later time (and I suggested the same pre freeze too). Possibly adding a toplevel --verify-manifest option as the only change besides naming. Andres
