| From: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net> |
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| To: | Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Simon Riggs <simon(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Neil Conway <neilc(at)samurai(dot)com>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, "Jonah H(dot) Harris" <jonah(dot)harris(at)gmail(dot)com> |
| Subject: | Re: Remove pg_dump -i option (was Re: Proposed patch: synchronized_scanning GUC variable) |
| Date: | 2008-02-05 15:27:36 |
| Message-ID: | 20080205152736.GA24114@svr2.hagander.net |
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On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 11:02:03AM -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> > > Am Donnerstag, 31. Januar 2008 schrieb Alvaro Herrera:
> > >> Effect: we would stop receiving complaints that an old pg_dump can talk
> > >> to a server that most likely is incompatible with it. People would
> > >> learn on the spot that they must install the newer pg_dump.
> >
> > > I think a more moderate measure might be to clarify the error message
> > > "aborting because of version mismatch (Use the -i option to proceed
> > > anyway.)\n"
> >
> > I would be satisfied with that if I thought people would actually read
> > the message. My complaint is really directed at certain admin packages
> > (and they know who they are) that invoke pg_dump *by default*, behind
> > the user's back, with -i.
>
> Oh? That isn't good.
Right. Dave - why do we do that? ;-)
//Magnus
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