Re: PostgreSQL 8.4 - dumping database connection privileges

Russell Smith <mr-russ@pws.com.au> writes:
> Is this considered a bug that the only way to do a dump/restore with
> database privileges is to use pg_dumpall?

No, that's the intended place for them given the current division of
labor between pg_dump and pg_dumpall.  There have been complaints before
about this, but no one has proposed a better approach (where better
means "fixes this without breaking use-cases that work now").

            regards, tom lane