Re: Confusing error message with too-large file in pg_basebackup

David Gould <daveg@sonic.net> writes:
> My vote would be that it should go in 9.5. If it gets back patched then
> some dumps produced by 9.4.x would not be readable by 9.4.x-1. But no 9.5.x
> dump is broken by changing it now.

The thing is, though, that without the patch 9.4.x would have failed to
produce such a dump at all.  Is that really a better outcome?  At least
if you have the dump, you have the option to update so you can read it.
With no dump at all, you might be screwed at a most inopportune moment.
(Think "automatic dump script was failing and nobody noticed" ...)

            regards, tom lane