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

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Call for objections: deprecate postmaster -o switch?
Date
Msg-id 200111242219.fAOMJ8E10396@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:
> > Yes, now I remember.  Do we support long command-line options on all
> > platforms?  I don't think so.
> 
> GUC variable assignment works on all platforms.

OK, but when we recommend, we had better tell them to start using GUC
and not long command-line options _unless_ long options are supported on
their platform.  Without that, there will be confusion.

Of course, now that we are recommending GUC, all the flags become
useless.  Kind of a circular arguement here.  :-)

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