Re: pgsql: Minor pg_dump improvements

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de>
Cc: Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, pgsql-committers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: pgsql: Minor pg_dump improvements
Date: 2014-05-05 14:54:57
Message-ID: 16448.1399301697@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Bernd Helmle <mailings(at)oopsware(dot)de> writes:
> It stroke me today that there's still something broken. pg_dump fails when
> used in custom archive mode and piping to e.g. pg_restore:

> pg_dump -Fc -p 5447 regression | pg_restore
> pg_dump: [custom archiver] could not determine seek position in archive
> file: Illegal seek

Ugh. Yeah, pg_dump to a pipe fails for me as well, and only in HEAD not
older versions. Will look.

regards, tom lane

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