Re: [GENERAL] 6.5.1 pg_dump adds "connect as" line

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Ross J(dot) Reedstrom" <reedstrm(at)wallace(dot)ece(dot)rice(dot)edu>
Cc: Ted Nolan SRI Augusta GA <ted(at)ags(dot)ga(dot)erg(dot)sri(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgreSQL(dot)org, pgsql-patches(at)postgreSQL(dot)org
Subject: Re: [GENERAL] 6.5.1 pg_dump adds "connect as" line
Date: 1999-09-01 23:05:11
Message-ID: 199909012305.TAA25607@candle.pha.pa.us
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> New, poorly documented default of an old feature. It's always been
> recommended that when using pg_dump for backup, the -z switch be used,
> to dump ACLs (Access Control Lists) As of 6.5.1, this has been made the
> default behavior. I call it poorly documented only because this bit me
> as well recently, for the same reason, and the switch added to turn ACL
> dumping off ( -x ) is not documented in the usage message. I went and
> grovelled in the source to find it. Patch below:
>

Shame on me.

I forgot to put -x in the pg_dump options display. I did get it into
the manual pages, though.

Fixed now.

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