Re: pg_dump docs should mention TMPDIR - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: pg_dump docs should mention TMPDIR
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Msg-id 26327.1147236290@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: pg_dump docs should mention TMPDIR  (Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>)
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Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> Mark Stosberg wrote:
>> Is that any concern that over time newer pg_restore's won't read old
>> "custom" formats? That would be my only worry-- that the data would be
>> locked in a binary format which becomes unsupported.

> No, we wouldn't do that.

Right, I can't imagine that we'd abandon support for pg_dump custom
format without many versions' warning.  AFAIK we still read pg_dump
output from 7.0 if not earlier ...

            regards, tom lane

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