Re: [BUGS] BUG #8043: 9.2.4 doesn't open WAL files from archive, only looks in pg_xlog

On 08.04.2013 18:58, Jeff Bohmer wrote:
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> On Apr 6, 2013, at 1:24 PM, Jeff Janes<jeff.janes@gmail.com>  wrote:
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>> On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 1:24 AM, Heikki Linnakangas
>> <hlinnakangas@vmware.com>wrote:
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>>> Perhaps we should improve the documentation to make it more explicit that
>>> backup_label must be included in the backup. The docs already say that,
>>> though, so I suspect that people making this mistake have not read the docs
>>> very carefully anyway.
>>
>> I don't think the docs are very clear on that.  They say "This file will of
>> course be archived as a part of your backup dump file", but "will be" does
>> not imply "must be".  Elsewhere it emphasizes that the label you gave to
>> pg_start_backup is written into the file, but doesn't really say what the
>> file itself is there for.  To me it seems to imply that the file is there
>> for your convenience, to hold that label, and not as a critical part of the
>> system.
>>
>> Patch attached, which I hope can be back-patched.  I'll also add it to
>> commitfest-Next.
>
> I think this documentation update would be helpful.

Committed that.

- Heikki