Re: [BUGS] BUG #4566: pg_stop_backup() reports incorrect STOP WAL LOCATION

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 4:28 PM, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry for resurrecting an old argument.
> http://archives.postgresql.org/message-id/200812051441.mB5EfG1M007309@wwwmaster.postgresql.org
>
> I got the complaint about this behavior of the current pg_stop_backup()
> in this morning. I thought that this is the bug, and created the patch.
> But it was rejected because its change might break the existing app.
> Though I'm not sure if there is really such an app. Anyway I think that
> something like the following statements should be added into the document.
> Thought?
>
> ------------
> Note that the WAL file name in the backup history file cannot be used
> to determine which WAL files are required for the backup. Because it
> indicates the subsequent WAL file of the starting or ending one for
> the backup, when its location is exactly at a WAL file boundary (What
> is worse, sometimes it indicates a nonexistent WAL file).
> ------------

Here is the patch that adds the above-mentioned note. I think this
should be back-patched up to 8.0. Thought?

Regards,

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