"Rupa Schomaker (lists)" <pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)rupa(dot)com> writes:
> How are dumps/restores of local modifications to the template going to
> be handled?
pg_dump has no business trying to save or restore the template data;
if it did so then we'd just have moved the original problem of obsolete
data to a different place. See my original proposal.
regards, tom lane