On Wed, 11 Jun 2025 10:04:24 +0900
Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@oss.nttdata.com> wrote:
> On 2025/06/10 16:35, PG Bug reporting form wrote:
> > The following bug has been logged on the website:
> >
> > Bug reference: 18952
> > Logged by: TAKATSUKA Haruka
> > Email address: harukat@sraoss.co.jp
> > PostgreSQL version: 18beta1
> > Operating system: any
> > Description:
> >
> > pg_restore --help has strange description like "Dump .....":
> > [dbhost]$ LANG=C pg_restore --help
> > pg_restore restores PostgreSQL databases from archives created by pg_dump or
> > pg_dumpall.
> > Usage:
> > pg_restore [OPTION]... [FILE]
> > (snip)
> > --with-data dump the data
> > --with-schema dump the schema
> > --with-statistics dump the statistics
> > Connection options:
> > -h, --host=HOSTNAME database server host or socket directory
> > (snip)
> > https://www.postgresql.org/docs/18/app-pgrestore.html also have the
> > following description.
> > --with-data
> > Dump data. This is the default.
> > --with-schema
> > Dump schema (data definitions). This is the default.
> > --with-statistics
> > Dump statistics. This is the default.
>
> Thanks for the report!
>
> Are you suggesting that "dump" in the help message and docs should be "restore"?
> If so, does the attached patch address that correctly?
Yes.
IMHO, if we take the intent of the commit bde2fb797aae, your patch is correct.
