Tom Lane wrote:
>
> So I'm not sure whether to fix it, or leave it as a known failure case
> in old branches. Comments?
I understand the reluctance to fool with stable code. I have zero insight
into your installed versions distribution and backward compatibility needs
so any comment I may have here is purely selfish.
As an end user there is one area of the DB that I want to work correctly
100% of the time and that is the dump/restore tool(s). If it's not going
to work under certain circumstances it should at least tell me so and
fail. I don't think having the tool appear to work while corrupting the
data (even if documented as doing so) is a viable method of operation.
Just my $0.02
Bosco.
