From 62d53b762291cb2085b00d596dff19d9abe3c6e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ian Barwick <ian@2ndquadrant.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2015 12:38:51 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] Drop a previously created replication slot if base backup
 fails for any reason

Per Github #129
---
 repmgr.c | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/repmgr.c b/repmgr.c
index f6212b8a..5870011a 100644
--- a/repmgr.c
+++ b/repmgr.c
@@ -1785,9 +1785,16 @@ stop_backup:
 	/* If the backup failed then exit */
 	if (r != 0)
 	{
+		/* If a replication slot was previously created, drop it */
+		if (options.use_replication_slots)
+		{
+			drop_replication_slot(upstream_conn, repmgr_slot_name);
+		}
+
 		log_err(_("unable to take a base backup of the master server\n"));
 		log_warning(_("destination directory (%s) may need to be cleaned up manually\n"),
 				local_data_directory);
+
 		PQfinish(upstream_conn);
 		exit(retval);
 	}