When you do a pg_start_backup()/pg_stop_backup(), the *.backup files
created in pg_xlog are never deleted. Is that intended?
$ lf /u/pg/data/pg_xlog/
000000010000000000000000.0034C96C.backup 000000010000000000000004
000000010000000000000000.0034C9AC.backup 000000010000000000000005
000000010000000000000002 000000010000000000000006
000000010000000000000003 archive_status/
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