Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Allow external recovery_config_directory

On 27 March 2013 21:05, Heikki Linnakangas <hlinnakangas@vmware.com> wrote:

>> Same argument applies to all conf files, not just recovery.conf.
>>
>> Sounds like the patch to add -R to pg_basebackup should be revoked as
>> being not well thought out. Or it should be fixed, in which case this
>> works the same.
>
> What exactly was wrong with pg_basebackup -R, without
> recovery_config_directory?

You asked me to answer the question. I did. Please answer mine.

Why do you think recovery_config_directory are different to
config_file with respect to pg_basebackup?
It looks like you've discovered a problem with pg_basebackup, not a
problem with this patch.

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