On 2025-Apr-29, Japin Li wrote:
> My understanding, based on the src/bin/pg_dump tests, is that they don't
> involve a genuine restore of the dumped data to a database. Instead, it
> dumps to a file using pg_restore. Is that correct?
Yes.
> I doubt whether I can add a test to pg_dump that would cover this issue.
The pg_upgrade now includes a roundtrip dump/restore which you can take
advantage of. You just need to ensure some of the src/test/regress/sql
files leave an object in the state you need, and the pg_upgrade test
will run those tests and try to dump and restore the resulting database.
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