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> > Here's a lovely message I got from `psql':
> >
> > g9genarc@eddie:~$ psql -h /var/pgsql --help
> > psql was compiled without support for long options.
> > Use --help for help on invocation options.
>
> Looks as though --help and --verbose always work, no
> matter what the setting of HAVE_GETOPT_LONG.
> Is this desired behavior? Seems fairly minor to me,
> but it's confused at least one user. :)
>
> (~ line 110 of src/bin/psql/startup.c)
Intended. I think we hard-coded --help and --version for compatibility.
You will notice it doesn't _display_ the long options in the --help
display unless HAVE_GETOPT_LONG is defined.
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