Re: Call for objections: deprecate postmaster -o switch? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Call for objections: deprecate postmaster -o switch?
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Msg-id 200111242212.fAOMCVR09690@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Call for objections: deprecate postmaster -o switch?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > So we just mention it is going away, but there are duplicates so they
> > can't start removing -o yet?
> 
> Well, we'd have to give a table of recommended translations, eg
> 
>     -o '-S n'    =>    --sort-mem=n
> 
> The translations all exist already, but we've got to start telling
> people to quit using the old switches, or we'll never be able to clean
> them up.

Yes, now I remember.  Do we support long command-line options on all
platforms?  I don't think so.

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