From f750f5fece87a9f642225065a540ad4a2d209496 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Amul Sul <sulamul@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2025 14:47:43 +0530
Subject: [PATCH v5 6/8] pg_verifybackup: Delay default WAL directory
 preparation.

We are not sure whether to parse WAL from a directory or an archive
until the backup format is known. Therefore, we delay preparing the
default WAL directory until the point of parsing. This delay is
harmless, as the WAL directory is not used elsewhere.
---
 src/bin/pg_verifybackup/pg_verifybackup.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/pg_verifybackup.c b/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/pg_verifybackup.c
index 5e6c13bb921..31ebc1581fb 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/pg_verifybackup.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_verifybackup/pg_verifybackup.c
@@ -285,10 +285,6 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		manifest_path = psprintf("%s/backup_manifest",
 								 context.backup_directory);
 
-	/* By default, look for the WAL in the backup directory, too. */
-	if (wal_directory == NULL)
-		wal_directory = psprintf("%s/pg_wal", context.backup_directory);
-
 	/*
 	 * Try to read the manifest. We treat any errors encountered while parsing
 	 * the manifest as fatal; there doesn't seem to be much point in trying to
@@ -368,6 +364,10 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (context.format == 'p' && !context.skip_checksums)
 		verify_backup_checksums(&context);
 
+	/* By default, look for the WAL in the backup directory, too. */
+	if (wal_directory == NULL)
+		wal_directory = psprintf("%s/pg_wal", context.backup_directory);
+
 	/*
 	 * Try to parse the required ranges of WAL records, unless we were told
 	 * not to do so.
-- 
2.47.1

