Re: pg_dump quietly ignore missing tables - is it bug?

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make installcheck-world: tested, passed
Implements feature: tested, failed
Spec compliant: not tested
Documentation: not tested

The feature doesn't seem to work:
pg_dump -t t -t 'ii*' --strict-names
pg_dump: unrecognized option `--strict-names'
Try "pg_dump --help" for more information.
decibel(at)decina:[16:58]~/git/postgres/i (pg_dump-strict-names-7.patch=)$bin/p

The documentation could use some improvements.

+ <para>
+ Require that table and/or schema match at least one entity each.
+ Without any entity in the database to be dumped, an error message
+ is printed and dump is aborted.
+ </para>

Would be clearer as

Require that each schema (-n / --schema) and table (-t / --table) qualifier match at least one schema/table in the database to be dumped. Note that if none of the schema/table qualifiers find matches pg_dump will generate an error even without --strict-names.

+ <para>
+ This option has no effect on the exclude table and schema patterns
+ (and also <option>--exclude-table-data</>): not matching any entities
+ isn't considered an error.

Rewrite:
This option has no effect on -N/--exclude-schema, -T/--exclude_table or --exclude-table-date. An exclude pattern failing to match any objects is not considered an error.

The new status of this patch is: Waiting on Author