On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 07:05:49AM -0600, Justin Pryzby wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 09, 2023 at 06:58:20PM +0100, Tomas Vondra wrote:
>> I'm a bit confused about the lz4 vs. lz4f stuff, TBH. If we switch to
>> lz4f, doesn't that mean it (e.g. restore) won't work on systems that
>> only have older lz4 version? What would/should happen if we take backup
>> compressed with lz4f, an then try restoring it on an older system where
>> lz4 does not support lz4f?
>
> You seem to be thinking about LZ4F as a weird, new innovation I'm
> experimenting with, but compress_lz4.c already uses LZ4F for its "file"
> API.
Note: we already use lz4 frames in pg_receivewal (for WAL) and
pg_basebackup (bbstreamer).
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Michael