Re: pg_dump lock timeout

On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 06:00:35AM -0700, David Gould wrote:
> On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 04:30:47AM -0700, daveg wrote:
> >
> > Attached is a patch to add a commandline option to pg_dump to
> > limit how long pg_dump will wait for locks during startup.
>
> Ooops, really attached this time.

Can we see about getting this into the July commitfest? Dave has
presented a use case complete with logs where having this could have
prevented a failed backup and consequent data loss.

Cheers,
David.
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