Re: Docs pg_restore: Shouldn't there be a note about -n ?

Florents Tselai <florents.tselai@gmail.com>

From: Florents Tselai <florents.tselai@gmail.com>
To: pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org>
Date: 2024-09-21T17:40:27Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Sat, Sep 21, 2024 at 8:34 PM Florents Tselai <florents.tselai@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I’m in the process of trying to restore some PG15/16 backups in PG17.
>
> While playing with different -t and -n combinations I was browsing through
> the docs.
>
> In *pg_restore* there are two notes about both -t / -n
>
> > When -n / -t is specified, pg_dump makes no attempt to ...
>
> In pg_dump though there’s the equivalent note only for the -t option.
>
> Shouldn’t it be a note as well for -n ?
>
> Otherwise I would expect -n to cascade the restore to objects in other
> schemas;
> Which I don’t think it does.
>
> Am I missing something?
>

Ah,  swapped them by mistake on the previous email:

They're both available in the pg_dump and note on -n missing in pg_restore.

The question remains though:
Shouldn’t there be a note about -n in pg_restore ?

Commits

  1. Docs: consolidate dependency notes in pg_dump and pg_restore