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Subject: per feedback I received directly, pg_dump manpage patch
Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 16:17:06 -0700
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The man page does not clearly state that pg_dump will not dump things
like users or roles. It does mention briefly in the notes section that
pg_dumpall is needed for items that are set via SET but that isn't very
clear on the other items.
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[text/x-patch] pg_dump.man.diff (654B, 2-pg_dump.man.diff)
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
index a6e7b08..4cb647c 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_dump.sgml
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
accessing the database (readers or writers).
</para>
+ <warning>
+ <para>
+ <xref linkend="app-pg-dumpall"> is required for a full backup as
+ <application>pg_dump</application> does not backup the required global
+ options such as user or roles.
+ </para>
+ </warning>
+
<para>
Dumps can be output in script or archive file formats. Script
dumps are plain-text files containing the SQL commands required
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