Thread: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgfiledump - pg_filedump: Updates for latest Postgres 9.2 sources.

Excerpts from tgl's message of lun mar 12 12:08:33 -0400 2012:
> Log Message:
> -----------
> Updates for latest Postgres 9.2 sources.
> We no longer need pg_crc.c, and hence not a source tree, yay.

FWIW I had some fun last week compiling this to 9.1 sources because I
was using a VPATH build.  I had to add another -I to LDFLAGS or
something like that.

Also, what do you think about adding the ability to dump pg_filenode.map
files?  Do you think it belongs in pg_filedump, or should we look at
doing that elsewhere?  (Hmm, I just realized we might also conceivably
want to dump VM and FSM forks, too)

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Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> Also, what do you think about adding the ability to dump pg_filenode.map
> files?  Do you think it belongs in pg_filedump, or should we look at
> doing that elsewhere?

Not sure.  It does already contain the ability to dump pg_control, but
that seems like rather a wart (not to mention redundant with
pg_controldata) because you have to explicitly say -c to get it to
realize that's what you want.  Map files would have to be another
special switch I think.

> (Hmm, I just realized we might also conceivably
> want to dump VM and FSM forks, too)

Yeah, that's been on the to-do list for awhile.  There's not a way that
pg_filedump could automatically recognize such files, is there?
        regards, tom lane