On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 5:18 AM, Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakan...@enterprisedb.com> wrote: > That's awfully complicated. If we're going to require co-operation from the > backup/archiving software, we might as well just change the procedure so > that backup_label is not stored in the data directory, but returned by > pg_start/stop_backup(), and the caller is responsible for placing it in the > backed up copy of the data directory (or provide a new version of them to > retain backwards compatibility). That would be a lot simpler.
That's also entirely acceptable. In fact, I like it. +1 -- fdr -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers