Disallow setting archive_library and archive_command at the same time

petere · petere · commit d627ce3b706d · 2022-11-15T10:03:47.000+01:00
Setting archive_library and archive_command at the same time is now an error. Before, archive_library would take precedence over archive_command. Author: Nathan Bossart <nathandbossart@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@enterprisedb.com> Reviewed-by: Bharath Rupireddy <bharath.rupireddyforpostgres@gmail.com> Discussion: https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/20220914222736.GA3042279%40nathanxps13
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/config.sgml
@@ -3597,9 +3597,11 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
        </para>
        <para>
         This parameter can only be set in the <filename>postgresql.conf</filename>
-        file or on the server command line.  It is ignored unless
+        file or on the server command line.  It is only used if
         <varname>archive_mode</varname> was enabled at server start and
-        <varname>archive_library</varname> is set to an empty string.
+        <varname>archive_library</varname> is set to an empty string.  If both
+        <varname>archive_command</varname> and <varname>archive_library</varname>
+        are set, an error will be raised.
         If <varname>archive_command</varname> is an empty string (the default) while
         <varname>archive_mode</varname> is enabled (and <varname>archive_library</varname>
         is set to an empty string), WAL archiving is temporarily
@@ -3624,7 +3626,9 @@ include_dir 'conf.d'
        <para>
         The library to use for archiving completed WAL file segments.  If set to
         an empty string (the default), archiving via shell is enabled, and
-        <xref linkend="guc-archive-command"/> is used.  Otherwise, the specified
+        <xref linkend="guc-archive-command"/> is used.  If both
+        <varname>archive_command</varname> and <varname>archive_library</varname>
+        are set, an error will be raised.  Otherwise, the specified
         shared library is used for archiving. The WAL archiver process is
         restarted by the postmaster when this parameter changes. For more
         information, see <xref linkend="backup-archiving-wal"/> and
diff --git a/src/backend/postmaster/pgarch.c b/src/backend/postmaster/pgarch.c
@@ -792,6 +792,12 @@ HandlePgArchInterrupts(void)
 		ConfigReloadPending = false;
 		ProcessConfigFile(PGC_SIGHUP);
 
+		if (XLogArchiveLibrary[0] != '\0' && XLogArchiveCommand[0] != '\0')
+			ereport(ERROR,
+					(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+					 errmsg("both archive_command and archive_library set"),
+					 errdetail("Only one of archive_command, archive_library may be set.")));
+
 		archiveLibChanged = strcmp(XLogArchiveLibrary, archiveLib) != 0;
 		pfree(archiveLib);
 
@@ -825,6 +831,12 @@ LoadArchiveLibrary(void)
 {
 	ArchiveModuleInit archive_init;
 
+	if (XLogArchiveLibrary[0] != '\0' && XLogArchiveCommand[0] != '\0')
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_INVALID_PARAMETER_VALUE),
+				 errmsg("both archive_command and archive_library set"),
+				 errdetail("Only one of archive_command, archive_library may be set.")));
+
 	memset(&ArchiveContext, 0, sizeof(ArchiveModuleCallbacks));
 
 	/*
