Re: Conflicting option checking in pg_restore

Hallå Daniel,

> Checking for conflicting options in pg_restore was mostly done in main() with
> one check deferred until RestoreArchive(). Reading the git history makes it
> seem like it simply happened, without the disjoint checking being intentional.
> Am I reading it right that we can consolidate all the option checking to
> main()? The attached patch does that, and also rewords the error message to
> make it similar to the other option checks.

Patch applies cleanly, compiles, both global and local "make check" ok.

As there are no test changes, this is not tested. I'd suggest to add it to
"src/bin/pg_dump/t/001_basic.pl".

There is a possible catch:

Function RestoreArchive is called both from pg_dump & pg_restore, so now
the sanity check is not performed for the former (which does not have the
-1 option, though). Moreover, the function is noted "Public", which may
suggest that external tools could take advantage of it, and if so it
suggests that maybe it is not wise to remove the test. Any opinion around?

Maybe the check could be kept in RestoreArchive with a comment to say it
is redundant, but the check could be performed in pg_restore as well for
the sake of having an better and more homogeneous error message.

--
Fabien.