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Andrew Dunstan b3cf461b3c pg_verifybackup: Enable WAL parsing for tar-format backups
Now that pg_waldump supports reading WAL from tar archives, remove the
restriction that forced --no-parse-wal for tar-format backups.

pg_verifybackup now automatically locates the WAL archive: it looks for
a separate pg_wal.tar first, then falls back to the main base.tar.  A
new --wal-path option (replacing the old --wal-directory, which is kept
as a silent alias) accepts either a directory or a tar archive path.

The default WAL directory preparation is deferred until the backup
format is known, since tar-format backups resolve the WAL path
differently from plain-format ones.

Author: Amul Sul <sulamul@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Jakub Wartak <jakub.wartak@enterprisedb.com>
Reviewed-by: Chao Li <li.evan.chao@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Euler Taveira <euler@eulerto.com>
Reviewed-by: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
discussion: https://postgr.es/m/CAAJ_b94bqdWN3h2J-PzzzQ2Npbwct5ZQHggn_QoYGhC2rn-=WQ@mail.gmail.com
2026-03-20 15:31:35 -04:00
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src pg_verifybackup: Enable WAL parsing for tar-format backups 2026-03-20 15:31:35 -04:00
KNOWN_BUGS Remove extra newlines at end and beginning of files, add missing newlines 2010-08-19 05:57:36 +00:00
Makefile Remove distprep 2023-11-06 15:18:04 +01:00
MISSING_FEATURES Remove extra newlines at end and beginning of files, add missing newlines 2010-08-19 05:57:36 +00:00
TODO Change documentation references to PG website to use https: not http: 2017-05-20 21:50:47 -04:00