Heikki Linnakangas wrote:
1. call pg_start_backup('foo')
2. tar/etc. the whole data directory, except for pg_xlog
3. tar pg_xlog
4. call pg_stop_backup()

If we just made sure that we don't delete or recycle any WAL files while the backup is being taken, that would work, right?

When is the backup history file for PITR backed up?
Just after pg_stop_backup()? Next backup?

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