yugabyte/yugabyte-db

Symlink pg_dump to the bin directory

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#1,477 opened on Jun 3, 2019

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Description

Noticed older version of pg_dump (10.5) is not compatible with our database, we get a error

pg_dump: server version: 11.2; pg_dump version: 10.5
pg_dump: aborting because of server version mismatch

And today the only way to download the pg_dump is to download the postgresql binary and untar and get it. I noticed that we have the pg_dump inside of postgres/bin directory, may be symlink it to the top level bin directory?

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postgresqlshell
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databasedevops
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1
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symlink basicsPostgreSQL versioning
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30
Research direction
The issue proposes symlinking pg dump from the postgres/bin directory to the top level bin directory to fix version mismatch errors. The issue has an assignee, so a newcomer should first check if the assignee is still working on it. If not, a candidate would need to inspect the repository structure to locate where pg dump is bundled (likely in a subdirectory under postgres/bin) and determine the correct top level bin directory (e.g., bin/). The change likely involves adding a symlink command in a build or install script. Relevant files could include Makefile, packaging scripts, or Dockerfiles. Look for existing symlinks or references to pg dump in the repository.