Re: BUG #13888: pg_dump write error

kunschikov(at)gmail(dot)com wrote:

> Database backup in heavy loaded environment sometimes fails with the
> following error:
>
> pg_dump: [parallel archiver] could not write to output file: Success
>
> Subsequent rerun of the pg_dump solves that problem.
> More elegant and reliable solution: WRITE_ERROR_EXIT macro replacement in
> ahwrite() function at src/bin/pg_dump/pg_backup_archiver.c source file.
> There can be some error checking instead of this macro.

Yeah, I noticed this and similar lacks of error checks in pg_dump in
code review, which I didn't get around to patching. Care to submit a
patch?

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