Re: pg_restore -F bug - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: pg_restore -F bug
Date
Msg-id 200504291334.j3TDYPd20735@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to pg_restore -F bug  (Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com>)
List pgsql-patches
Neil Conway wrote:
> This patch fixes a bug in the error message emitted by pg_restore on an
> incorrect -F argument: write_msg() expects its first parameter to be a
> "module name", not the format string. Patch applied to HEAD. Is this
> worth backporting?
>
> BTW, is there a reason that pg_restore seems to accept 'f', 't', or 'c'
> parameters to this argument, but the documentation only documents 't'
> and 'c'?

I didn't think pg_restore could use a text file, and I think it emits an
error if you try.  Maybe they accept the flag so they can throw a
meaningful error later.

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