Re: [BUGS] BUG #5384: pg_dump hard-codes use of /tmp

2010-03-19 Thread Tom Lane
"Jon Nelson" writes: > I was trying to dump a database (with --format=tar). Do you have a really good reason to be using tar rather than custom format? If so what is it? > 1. why is pg_dump using a temporary directory (other than the $CWD) anyway? Tar format is sufficiently weird that we have

[BUGS] BUG #5384: pg_dump hard-codes use of /tmp

2010-03-19 Thread Jon Nelson
The following bug has been logged online: Bug reference: 5384 Logged by: Jon Nelson Email address: jnel...@jamponi.net PostgreSQL version: 8.4.2 Operating system: openSUSE 11.2 Description:pg_dump hard-codes use of /tmp Details: I was trying to dump a database (with