Re: bug in pg_dump ALTER DATABASE

> So what are we going to do about this problem?
>
> The pg_settings view does not have enough information to determine it
> generically. (It only says 'string', not 'list'...)
>
> I propose that we modify pg_dumpall to hard-code the set of list-type
> GUC variables for each backend version.
>
> The current (CVS) list of such GUCs is:
>
> * DateStyle
> * preload_libraries
> * search_path
> * log_destination
> * custom_variable_classes (probably doesn't need to be worried about)
>
> Shall I go ahead and do this?

Oh, and we'll need to fix the pg_settings view for the future, because
otherwise it will make life difficult for GUI writies (like me)...

Chris