Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Am Donnerstag, 31. Januar 2008 schrieb Alvaro Herrera: > > Effect: we would stop receiving complaints that an old pg_dump can talk > > to a server that most likely is incompatible with it. People would > > learn on the spot that they must install the newer pg_dump. > > I think a more moderate measure might be to clarify the error message > > "aborting because of version mismatch (Use the -i option to proceed > anyway.)\n" > > I'm not sure how many of the mentioned complaints we are getting, but the > error message might make people think that it's complaining because the > versions are not equal rather than that the versions are known not > compatible.
Agreed --- that error message is just prompting people to try something they shouldn't and not explaining why. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 3: Have you checked our extensive FAQ? http://www.postgresql.org/docs/faq
