Re: [patch] pg_ctl init extension - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: [patch] pg_ctl init extension
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Msg-id 1253217612.21712.0.camel@vanquo.pezone.net
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In response to [patch] pg_ctl init extension  (Zdenek Kotala <Zdenek.Kotala@Sun.COM>)
Responses Re: [patch] pg_ctl init extension
Re: [patch] pg_ctl init extension
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On tor, 2009-09-17 at 21:43 +0200, Zdenek Kotala wrote:
> Attached patch extends pg_ctl command with init option. 
> 
> pg_ctl -D /var/lib/postgres [-s] init
> 
> This should replace usage of initdb command which has problematic name
> as we already discussed several times. Initdb binary will be still
> there, but it can be renamed and move into execlib dir in the future.

If the name is a problem, why not change the name?  What you are
proposing above is effectively a very elaborate name change, so why not
go for a simpler one?



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