On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 07:32:47PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote: > Greetings, > > * Bruce Momjian (br...@momjian.us) wrote: > > On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 07:10:46PM -0400, Stephen Frost wrote: > > > De-deprecating the exclusive backup mode and returning that info at the > > > start and telling users "put this anywhere EXCEPT this specific place, > > > and make sure you DO put these files in that exact place when you > > > restore" would perhaps be closer to what folks who really, really, want > > > to do snapshot-based backups would want... if that ends up being a net > > > > Agreed. > > Alright, in that case I think we need a victim^Wvolunteer to step up to > rewrite the documentation for backup for these two different methods, > with very clear instructions on how to do this properly (which really > should also include removing the particularly bad 'cp' command usage). > > Maybe I'm wrong, but as I recall David already tried to do that once and > I doubt he's going to be interested in another round of that. > > Otherwise, it seems best to stop trying to paint this as something > that's simple to do and rip the bandaid off and remove this long > deprecated method, so we can have some sane documentation for the > software writers who are writing backup solutions for PG.
I can work on it but I don't think I know all the details. -- Bruce Momjian <br...@momjian.us> https://momjian.us EnterpriseDB https://enterprisedb.com The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness, Bruce Lee
