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Subject: Re: Documentation clarification request: pg_dumpall and Large
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From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: "Radoulov, Dimitre" <cichomitiko@gmail.com>,
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Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 20:12:17 +0200
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On Sun, 2026-03-29 at 13:55 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at> writes:
> > Commit 763aaa06f0 has changed the situation: with the addition of other=
 formats
> > than the plain format, it no longer makes sense to say that pg_dumpall
> > is not useful for backup.  Still, we should clarify what is *not* inclu=
ded.
>=20
> > The attached patch does that and in passing improves the readability.
>=20
> Pushed with trivial grammatical adjustments.  I also failed to resist
> the temptation to improve the newly-added text nearby.

Thank you,
Laurenz Albe