Re: Non-text mode for pg_dumpall

Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>

From: Christoph Berg <myon@debian.org>
To: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
Cc: Noah Misch <noah@leadboat.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Mahendra Singh Thalor <mahi6run@gmail.com>, Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org>, jian he <jian.universality@gmail.com>, Srinath Reddy <srinath2133@gmail.com>, pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2025-07-31T09:44:57Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers

Commits

Same data as JSON: GET /api/v1/messages/:b64id/commits the thread's linked commits as JSON, with link sources. API reference →
  1. Add non-text output formats to pg_dumpall

  2. Improve pg_dump/pg_dumpall help synopses and terminology

  3. Non text modes for pg_dumpall, correspondingly change pg_restore

  4. Doc: manually break lines in wide UUID examples.

The 18 branch is broken for apt.pg.o:

00:54:18 #   Failed test 'dump_globals_only: pg_dumpall runs'
00:54:18 #   at t/006_pg_dumpall.pl line 329.
00:54:18 # Tests were run but no plan was declared and done_testing() was not seen.
00:54:18 # Looks like your test exited with 2 just after 1.
00:54:18 t/006_pg_dumpall.pl ........... 
00:54:18 # initializing database system by copying initdb template
00:54:18 # initializing database system by copying initdb template
00:54:18 not ok 1 - dump_globals_only: pg_dumpall runs
00:54:18 Dubious, test returned 2 (wstat 512, 0x200)
00:54:18 Failed 1/1 subtests 

Devel is ok.

Christoph