ftell mismatch with expected position

From: Eelke Klein <eelke(at)bolt(dot)nl>
To: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: ftell mismatch with expected position
Date: 2015-10-29 09:51:35
Message-ID: CALEkvvyQEKUojXR7+45OFZ88CneKYTJ8oWLL5Oc4UGFNLX_w9A@mail.gmail.com
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I am getting the following warning when our program runs pg_dump.exe and
the output is in custom format and send to standard out which is connected
to a pipe (Windows platform).

pg_dump: [custom archiver] WARNING: ftell mismatch with expected position
-- ftell used

The output of pg_dump is received by another process that copies it (and
some other data) into a zip file. When I extract the db backup from the zip
the backup is fine and I can restore it.

I have both tried the pg_dump.exe from the 9.5 alpha and a stable 9.4 both
generate this warning.
When I change the format to plain the warning goes away.
When I call pg_dump from the commandline and let it send to standard out
and redirect it to a file the warning does not occur but it does occur when
I redirect to nul.

Is there a way to prevent this warning? I would think pg_dump shouldn't
call ftell on a pipe.

Regards, Eelke

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