[Pkg-postgresql-public] Bug#535962: /usr/share/postgresql-common/pg_wrapper: no way to use newer binaries

[Martin Pitt]

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Hello Jasen,

I'm cleaning up old bug reports and stumbled upon this one.

Jasen Betts [2009-07-06 23:30 +1200]:
> postgresql reccomends using the pg_dump version that matches the
> destination database. but pg_wrapper does not
> provide a way to do this.

pg_wrapper automatically selects the version that corresponds to the
cluster you are trying to talk to, as long as it is a local one.

For remote databases you can specify the version with --cluster, e.  g.:

  pg_dump --cluster 9.1/my.db.host:5432

or set the version in ~/.postgresqlrc  (see man postgresqlrc) or
/etc/postgresql-common/user_clusters (see man user_clusters).

If you explicitly want to use a non-matching client version for a
local cluster, you can call e. g. /usr/lib/postgresql/9.1/bin/pg_dump
explicitly to circumvent pg_wrapper.

Is that sufficient for your needs?
 
Thanks,

Martin
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