On 2025-07-29 Tu 4:34 PM, Noah Misch wrote:
On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 04:09:13PM -0400, Andrew Dunstan wrote:here's a reversion patch for master. This reverts parts or all of the following commits:I briefly looked through this. The biggest non-reverted part is, I think, c1da728 "Move common pg_dump code related to connections to a new file". Refraining from a revert of that one is defensible.
Yes, that was deliberate, since we intend to use it in the same way when we redo this.
dec6643487b Improve pg_dump/pg_dumpall help synopses and terminology @@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ main(int argc, char **argv) static void help(const char *progname) { - printf(_("%s exports a PostgreSQL database as an SQL script or to other formats.\n\n"), progname); + printf(_("%s dumps a database as a text file or to other formats.\n\n"), progname); printf(_("Usage:\n")); printf(_(" %s [OPTION]... [DBNAME]\n"), progname);I think commit dec6643487b, which e.g. decided to standardize on the term "export" for these programs, was independent of $SUBJECT.
OK, thanks for looking. Will fix. cheers andrew -- Andrew Dunstan EDB: https://www.enterprisedb.com
