diff -c -r pgsql.orig/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml pgsql.defaultdb/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml
*** pgsql.orig/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml	Mon Jan 15 13:26:07 2007
--- pgsql.defaultdb/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dumpall.sgml	Tue Jan 16 09:23:19 2007
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*** 313,318 ****
--- 313,319 ----
     <variablelist>
       <varlistentry>
        <term>-h <replaceable>host</replaceable></term>
+       <term>--host=<replaceable>host</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
         <para>
          Specifies the host name of the machine on which the database
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*** 323,331 ****
--- 324,346 ----
         </para>
        </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
+ 	 
+      <varlistentry>
+       <term>-l <replaceable>dbname</replaceable></term>
+       <term>--database=<replaceable>dbname</replaceable></term>
+       <listitem>
+        <para>
+          Specifies the name of the database to connect to to dump global
+          objects and discover what other databases should be dumped. If
+          not specified, the <quote>postgres</quote> database will be used,
+          and if that does not exist, <quote>template1</quote> will be used.
+        </para>
+       </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
  
       <varlistentry>
        <term>-p <replaceable>port</replaceable></term>
+       <term>--port=<replaceable>port</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
         <para>
          Specifies the TCP port or local Unix domain socket file
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*** 338,343 ****
--- 353,359 ----
  
       <varlistentry>
        <term>-U <replaceable>username</replaceable></term>
+       <term>--username=<replaceable>username</replaceable></term>
        <listitem>
         <para>
          Connect as the given user.
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*** 347,352 ****
--- 363,369 ----
  
       <varlistentry>
        <term>-W</term>
+ 	    <term>--password</term>
        <listitem>
         <para>
          Force a password prompt.  This should happen automatically if
diff -c -r pgsql.orig/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c pgsql.defaultdb/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c
*** pgsql.orig/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c	Mon Jan 15 13:26:07 2007
--- pgsql.defaultdb/src/bin/pg_dump/pg_dumpall.c	Tue Jan 16 09:26:03 2007
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*** 75,80 ****
--- 75,81 ----
  	char	   *pghost = NULL;
  	char	   *pgport = NULL;
  	char	   *pguser = NULL;
+ 	char	   *pgdb = NULL;
  	bool		force_password = false;
  	bool		data_only = false;
  	bool		globals_only = false;
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*** 96,101 ****
--- 97,103 ----
  		{"globals-only", no_argument, NULL, 'g'},
  		{"host", required_argument, NULL, 'h'},
  		{"ignore-version", no_argument, NULL, 'i'},
+ 		{"database", required_argument, NULL, 'l'},
  		{"oids", no_argument, NULL, 'o'},
  		{"no-owner", no_argument, NULL, 'O'},
  		{"port", required_argument, NULL, 'p'},
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*** 165,171 ****
  
  	pgdumpopts = createPQExpBuffer();
  
! 	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "acdDgh:ioOp:rsS:tU:vWxX:", long_options, &optindex)) != -1)
  	{
  		switch (c)
  		{
--- 167,173 ----
  
  	pgdumpopts = createPQExpBuffer();
  
! 	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "acdDgh:il:oOp:rsS:tU:vWxX:", long_options, &optindex)) != -1)
  	{
  		switch (c)
  		{
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*** 201,206 ****
--- 203,212 ----
  				ignoreVersion = true;
  				appendPQExpBuffer(pgdumpopts, " -i");
  				break;
+ 				
+ 			case 'l':
+ 				pgdb = optarg;
+ 				break;
  
  			case 'o':
  				appendPQExpBuffer(pgdumpopts, " -o");
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*** 337,351 ****
  	}
  
  	/*
! 	 * First try to connect to database "postgres", and failing that
  	 * "template1".  "postgres" is the preferred choice for 8.1 and later
  	 * servers, but it usually will not exist on older ones.
  	 */
! 	conn = connectDatabase("postgres", pghost, pgport, pguser,
  						   force_password, false);
! 	if (!conn)
! 		conn = connectDatabase("template1", pghost, pgport, pguser,
! 							   force_password, true);
  
  	/*
  	 * Get the active encoding and the standard_conforming_strings setting, so
--- 343,382 ----
  	}
  
  	/*
! 	 * If there was a database specified on the command line, use that,
! 	 * otherwise try to connect to database "postgres", and failing that
  	 * "template1".  "postgres" is the preferred choice for 8.1 and later
  	 * servers, but it usually will not exist on older ones.
  	 */
! 	if (pgdb)
! 	{
! 		conn = connectDatabase(pgdb, pghost, pgport, pguser,
! 								force_password, false);
! 								
! 		if (!conn)
! 		{
! 			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not connect to database \"%s\"\n"),
! 					progname, pgdb);
! 			exit(1);
! 		}
! 	}
! 	else
! 	{
! 		conn = connectDatabase("postgres", pghost, pgport, pguser,
  						   force_password, false);
! 		if (!conn)
! 			conn = connectDatabase("template1", pghost, pgport, pguser,
! 									force_password, true);
! 				
! 		if (!conn)
! 		{
! 			fprintf(stderr, _("%s: could not connect to databases \"postgres\" or \"template1\". Please specify an alternative database\n"),
! 					progname);
! 			fprintf(stderr, _("Try \"%s --help\" for more information.\n"),
! 					progname);
! 			exit(1);
! 		}
! 	}
  
  	/*
  	 * Get the active encoding and the standard_conforming_strings setting, so
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*** 444,449 ****
--- 475,481 ----
  
  	printf(_("\nConnection options:\n"));
  	printf(_("  -h, --host=HOSTNAME      database server host or socket directory\n"));
+ 	printf(_("  -l, --database=dbname    specify an alternate default database\n"));
  	printf(_("  -p, --port=PORT          database server port number\n"));
  	printf(_("  -U, --username=NAME      connect as specified database user\n"));
  	printf(_("  -W, --password           force password prompt (should happen automatically)\n"));