Tom Lane wrote: > 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.
A larger question is why the option was added in the first place. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
