Re: prevent immature WAL streaming

Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> On 9/29/21 5:27 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> So, do we take the stance that we have no right to expect pg_basebackup
>> to work if we didn't pass allow_streaming => 1?  If so, the fix is to
>> add it.  But my preferred fix would be to call set_replication_conf if
>> either allows_streaming or has_archiving are given.
>> 
>> Another easy fix would be to call $primary2->set_replication_conf in the
>> test file, but then you'd complain that that's supposed to be an
>> internal method :-)

> It claims that but it's also used here:
> src/bin/pg_basebackup/t/010_pg_basebackup.pl

Given that precedent, it seems like calling set_replication_conf
is a good quick-fix for getting the buildfarm green again.
But +1 for then refactoring this to get rid of these hacks (both
with respect to pg_hba.conf and the postgresql.conf parameters)
in both of these tests.

            regards, tom lane