Re: Bad pg_dump error message

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Mike Christensen <mike(at)kitchenpc(dot)com>, Jeff Janes <jeff(dot)janes(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Bad pg_dump error message
Date: 2012-09-12 03:00:17
Message-ID: 9993.1347418817@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> We could change the tar code to produce POSIX 2001 format archives,
> which don't have that limitation. But if someone wanted to do some work
> in this area, it might be more useful to look into a zip-based format.

I find it doubtful that it's worth spending effort on either. How often
have you heard of someone actually disassembling an archive with tar?
What reason is there to think that zip would be any more useful? Really
pg_restore is where the action is.

regards, tom lane

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