pg_dump bugs reported as pg_upgrade bugs

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: pg_dump bugs reported as pg_upgrade bugs
Date: 2022-11-30 04:39:05
Message-ID: Y4beaY3rCkucxbPM@momjian.us
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FYI, you might wonder why so many bugs reported on pg_upgrade eventually
are bugs in pg_dump. Well, of course, partly is it because pg_upgrade
relies on pg_dump, but a bigger issue is that pg_upgrade will fail if
pg_dump or its restoration generate _any_ errors. My guess is that many
people are using pg_dump and restore and just ignoring errors or fixing
them later, while this is not possible when using pg_upgrade.

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