Purpose of pg_dump tar archive format?

From: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Purpose of pg_dump tar archive format?
Date: 2024-06-04 12:13:32
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It doesn't support compression nor restore reordering like the custom
format, so I'm having trouble seeing why it still exists (at least without
a doc warning that it's obsolete).

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