Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Tom Lane wrote:
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bruce Momjian) writes:
>>> Strengthen warnings about using pg_dump's -i option.
>>
>> The proposed TODO item was not about doing this, it was about removing
>> the option altogether. AFAICS it's a foot-gun and nothing else --- why
>> do we have it?
> I thought the simple fix was to just have a better warning and see how
> that works in practice. There was some concern from people about
> removing it without more feedback/warning. I am happy to remove it.
My proposal would be to continue to accept the option but just ignore it
(ie, error out on version mismatch whether or not -i is given). This
way we wouldn't break any scripts that use the option, but things would
still be safe.
regards, tom lane
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