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Setting pg_data_directory should not be mandatory

Open mcanevet opened this issue 7 years ago • 2 comments

If I understand correctly, pg_data_directory is only used when the local-tar basebackup_mode is used. Currently, setting pg_data_directory is mandatory and a PG_VERSION must exist in it. I think this should not be a requirement as it makes no sense when using basic or pipe basebackup_mode.

mcanevet avatar Jan 12 '18 09:01 mcanevet

I second to that. I am running PG Hoard on another machine than the database. I need to create a dummy dir with a PG_VERSION file in it, just to fool this part of the code. And after fooling, it works great.

sebasmannem avatar Feb 28 '18 16:02 sebasmannem

Funny thing is the pg_data_directory is not required for the ancient debian version available from https://pghoard.ohmu.fi/debian/pghoard_1.4.0-72-g00af18a_all.deb

pellcorp avatar Mar 05 '19 12:03 pellcorp