Re: Current initdb broken.

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Keith Parks <emkxp01(at)mtcc(dot)demon(dot)co(dot)uk>, hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Current initdb broken.
Date: 2000-06-11 03:41:51
Message-ID: 7953.960694911@sss.pgh.pa.us
Views: Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email
Thread:
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Um, excuse me. Any changes to the format of pg_shadow will break
> pg_dumpall, therefore this needs to be hold back until next release.

We are going to have to improve pg_dumpall sooner or later, aren't we?
Loading pg_shadow and pg_group by direct COPY just won't do.

But you're right, this patch will have to be reversed out until a
more robust pg_dumpall has been out there for at least one release.

regards, tom lane

In response to

Browse pgsql-hackers by date

  From Date Subject
Next Message Peter Eisentraut 2000-06-11 11:41:09 Re: Current initdb broken.
Previous Message Denis Perchine 2000-06-10 22:59:41 Patch for 'Not to stuff everything as files in a single directory, hash dirs'