Re: Weird pg_dumpall bug? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Weird pg_dumpall bug?
Date
Msg-id 18977.1138117337@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: Weird pg_dumpall bug?  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
Responses Re: Weird pg_dumpall bug?  ("Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com>)
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Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net> writes:
> On Tue, 2006-01-24 at 10:05 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>> It's possible to support this: the group
>> and the user will now really be the same entity, ie a role that has both
>> its own login privileges and members.  

> Assuming you actually want to unify the two objects. That might well be
> the common case, but will it always be true?

As compared to what?  I didn't like the notion of auto-renaming one of
the roles, if that's what you're suggesting.  That seems well outside
pg_dump's charter.
        regards, tom lane


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